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Historical Event on 10/2/1994

Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
7/5/1999Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta.
11/27/1994Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away.
9/27/1908Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
5/9/1997At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
3/20/1925Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels.
4/29/1936Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India.
4/15/1874Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born.
3/14/1997Border Security Force discovers a 34-metre long tunnel in the Ajnala Sub-sector of the Punjab border with Pakistan.