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Historical Event on 8/2/1984

32 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1930Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay.
6/6/1986Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
8/4/1928Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born.
7/24/1932Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan was established for the service of the sick and humanitarian activities.
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
2/15/1920Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
8/22/2000Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.