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Historical Event on 6/2/1965

The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
5/26/1998Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
10/21/1995L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
9/14/1932Durgavati Devi aka Durga Bhabhi, an revolutionary and freedom fighter, was born.
5/13/1998India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.
4/10/1997Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule.
2/4/1976Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.