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Historical Event on 10/2/1942

Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1968Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.
9/14/1923Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born.
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
6/25/1908Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
5/23/1995TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995.
7/2/1993ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance.
9/1/1913Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, politician, social reformer, lawyer and athelete, was born.
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.