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Historical Event on 5/2/1954

Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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11/9/1980P. C. Joshi, former General Secretary of Indian Communist Party, passed away.
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11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
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