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Historical Event on 5/2/1769

Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1995India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
4/5/1993K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's CM, defeats TDP's Renuka Chowdhary by 31,611 votes in the Panyam Assembly election.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
5/1/1902Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
11/13/1998Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali.