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Historical Event on 5/5/1929

Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1903Bhagwati Charan Varma was born.
11/6/1937Yashwant BipinBihari Sinha was born in Patna (Bihar).
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
6/17/1903Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born.
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
3/29/1978Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.
7/24/1911Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born.
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
11/30/1988Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
12/15/1912Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born.