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Historical Event on 10/2/1929

Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
9/28/1954137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad.
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
7/1/1997Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect.
6/2/1986One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
3/5/1992Sunder, comedy actor, passed away.
5/11/1911Shrimati Lalitadevi, wife of second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, was born.
6/27/1999India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.