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Historical Event on 6/2/1975

India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1753Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi.
3/26/1918Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
2/22/1946Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
5/20/1992Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu.
6/1/1947Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born.
4/11/1999India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.