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Historical Event on 5/2/1954

Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/2000Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.
7/13/1907Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born.
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
3/3/1847Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
12/13/1947Nicholas Raerich, great philosopher, master-artist, prolific writer, scientist, educator, designer, poet, humanitarian, explorer, leader and social worker, died at Naggar, Kulu.
11/12/1954Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras.
8/1/1920Under the leadership of Gandhi, the non-cooperation movement was launched against Lord Chelmsford. ""Firmness in truth,"" was his strategy of noncooperation and non-violence against India's Christian British rulers. Later, he resolved to wear only 'dhoti' to preserve homespun cotton and simplicity, followed with grassroots agitation. This began with renunciation of honorary titles like 'Sir' given by the British. Thereafter, it was followed by the boycott of legislatures, elections and other Government works. Foreign clothes were burnt and Khadi became a symbol of freedom. The movement was a great success despite firing and arrests. By the end of 1921, all important national leaders, except Gandhi, were in jail, along with 3000 others. However, in February 1922, at Chaurichaura, Uttar Pradesh, violence erupted and Gandhi called off the movement. He was imprisoned and the movement was over.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
12/25/1974Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome.