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Historical Event on 5/2/1908

Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
8/3/1900Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.
7/8/1971Krishnarao Arkgudun, versatile Kannad author, died.
7/8/1971Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
3/31/1959Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.
12/11/1990T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.