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Historical Event on 5/5/1929
Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/9/1997 | Bezawada Gopala Reddy, 89, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died. |
| 1/10/1975 | India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
| 4/8/1835 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England. |
| 4/7/1934 | Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India. |
| 10/28/2000 | The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985. |
| 11/10/1994 | Dr. K. V. Putappa ""Kuvempu"", first Gyanpeet Awardee for literature and Kannad author, died at the age of 90 ye |
| 5/3/1999 | Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta. |
| 12/10/1907 | Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature. |
| 4/14/1979 | Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras. |
| 4/14/1979 | Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans. |
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