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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
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
7/23/1927Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station.
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
2/13/1991Surjit Singh Barnala resigns as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
12/19/1919Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.
12/27/1976Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away.
3/27/1996President and Governors of respective states issue notifications for elections to the 11th Lok Sabha and 6 State Assemblies.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.