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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
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11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
10/1/1995Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died.
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
7/19/1993Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.
10/23/1996Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
3/5/1999Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
12/8/1932Indian Air Force Act was passed.