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Historical Event on 5/1/1902

Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1994Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72.
6/16/1925Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died.
3/28/1978Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
1/26/1995Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.
1/26/1995Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.
1/24/1997Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
9/1/1913Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, politician, social reformer, lawyer and athelete, was born.
9/1/1913ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.