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Historical Event on 3/2/1996

Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
1/2/1757After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives.
5/5/1818Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany.
8/3/1967Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.
6/4/1986Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
11/15/1920Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.
3/28/1954The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the 'Fire Power Demo'. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries.
10/15/1943Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
4/14/1990J&K Assembly dissolved.