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Historical Event on 10/2/1942

Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
3/31/1843Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first musical playwright of Marathi, was born.
12/6/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay.
1/10/199526th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.
11/19/1998A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
1/19/1996Upendranath 'Ashk', noted Hindi literary figure known for his disputed writings, passed away.
3/18/1948Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973).