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Historical Event on 9/2/1956

Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1956Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born.
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.
9/19/1726Khandoballal died.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
5/20/1991A. S. L. V. was launched.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
9/12/1786Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.
11/27/1888Ganesh Vasudeo Malvankar, great social worker, educationist, writer and first speaker of Lok Sabha, was born in Baroda.
2/10/1806Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala.