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Historical Event on 2/1/1835

East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.
12/28/1926Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born.
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
5/13/1994Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah, founder of Mughal dynasty, passed away at the age of 48 at Dhaulpur.
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
11/23/1993'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur.
3/23/1992G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.