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Historical Event on 2/5/1949

Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
5/22/1772Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal.
5/24/1960Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal.
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
11/18/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
9/16/1913Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.