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Historical Event on 4/2/1980

S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1995Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died.
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
9/5/1987Shanbagh, Vandana Rao, Shiny and Usha sets record in the women's category for 4x400m race in 3.31.55 seconds at Rome .
8/18/1891Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan.
12/17/2000The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.
11/1/1902Alwar Iyengar Jaggu, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Chatra Ghosham.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
4/19/1994Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away.
3/26/1999Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad.