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Historical Event on 4/2/1942

Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
12/9/1873Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
4/2/1870Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding.
4/8/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.
3/15/1931M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu.
2/20/1929K. B. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-84, was born at Tamil Nadu.
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
4/12/1917Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar.