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Historical Event on 10/2/1997

At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/4/1849Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born.
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
6/29/199324 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur.
2/19/1992Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.
7/20/1680Chhatrapati Sambhaji was throne.
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
1/26/1926V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born.
11/15/1830Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
3/15/1931M.I.Mohammad Ghose, cricket test umpire for 8 tests from 1976-80, was born in Tamil Nadu.