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Historical Event on 1/10/1993

Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1861Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra.
12/16/1909Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
6/7/1631Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her.
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
6/27/1966D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968.
6/27/1966Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6).
7/15/1993JD (A)'s Ajit Singh pegs his group's support to government on PM's appearance before the JPC.
9/9/1997G. K. Moopanar, Tamil Maanila Congress president, and his party colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Peter Alphonse, resign from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam seeking their disqualification 'for defecting from Congress(I)'.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.