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Historical Event on 5/2/1953

40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1931Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops.
9/4/1979India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429.
7/21/1883Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
6/11/1996Narasimha Rao's name figures in fresh FIR on bribing JMM MPs case.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
12/26/1801Supreme Courts had Bengal and Madras by the charter.
6/12/1975Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died.
1/4/1995IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.