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Historical Event on 10/2/1969

Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1912B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born.
4/18/1966Kuwalyanand Swami (Jagannath Ganesh Gune), great Physical Training and Yoga expert, passed away.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
3/24/1993Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.
2/12/1794Alijabahadar Mahadaji Shinde passed away.
8/3/1939Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.
1/18/1983Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
3/25/1905Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.