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Historical Event on 6/2/1965

The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
11/17/1991Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes.
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
7/10/1909Gandhiji arrives in London with the assistance of Lord Ampthill and works ceaselessly to educate influential British leaders and the public, and also to move Imperial authorities.
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
6/6/1922Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.
3/19/1998E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88.
3/14/1993India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay.