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Historical Event on 5/2/1926
Hindu women gain right to seek elected office.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/3/1897 | Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat). |
| 3/4/1924 | Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'. |
| 5/19/1913 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born. |
| 1/27/1987 | P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA). |
| 12/1/1947 | India all out for 58 vs Australia at Gabba. |
| 4/2/1970 | Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished. |
| 4/5/1990 | Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill. |
| 3/4/2000 | Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 4/14/1907 | P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born. |
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