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Historical Event on 4/2/1993

MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.
2/18/1993Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"".
2/9/1874Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
1/16/1818The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad.
1/16/1995India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b.
12/31/1995K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
12/19/1919Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.
6/18/1997Prakash Padukone launches IBC.
8/3/1900Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.