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Historical Event on 5/2/1926
Hindu women gain right to seek elected office.

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6/30/1995	CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
1/18/1997	Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
8/22/1993	V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
4/5/1950	Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.
5/17/1949	India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
1/29/1953	Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
2/9/1993	Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%.
5/25/1877	Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
8/25/1965	Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi.
2/18/1906	Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, chief of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born.

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Historical Event on 5/2/1926 Hindu women gain right to seek elected office.

Historical Event on 5/2/1926
Hindu women gain right to seek elected office.