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Historical Event on 2/2/2000

The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/13/1893Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
11/28/1993JRD Tata, 89, passed away in Geneva.
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
10/17/1817Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of modern India, was born in Delhi.
6/1/1959N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.