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Historical Event on 2/3/1954

Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
2/26/1976Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born at Amarkot in Sind under the protection of Rana Virsal. Humayun had also taken refuge at Amarkot.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
12/10/1886Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'.
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".
2/10/1859General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny.
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.