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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
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Meerabai, saint poet, passed away. |
| 3/2/1913 |
Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born. |
| 3/2/1930 |
Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy intimating his intention to break Salt Law if Congress demands are not conceded. |
| 3/2/1933 |
Anandji, famous music director, was born. |
| 3/2/1938 |
Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away. |
| 3/2/1949 |
Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931. |
| 3/2/1952 |
Sindri Fertilizer Factory, Bihar, formally inaugurated by Nehru. It was the first Government owned company. |
| 3/2/1957 |
Central Warehouse Corporation established. |
| 3/2/1963 |
China reports troops have left disputed area in India. |
| 3/2/1982 |
Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna. |
| 3/2/1984 |
Mother Teresa University inaugurated by Mother herself at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/2/1986 |
Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away. |
| 3/2/1990 |
DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra. |
| 3/2/1994 |
Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up. |
| 3/2/1994 |
President's rule in J & K extended. |
| 3/2/1996 |
Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being. |
| 3/2/1996 |
Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match. |
| 3/2/1997 |
Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit. |
| 3/2/1997 |
Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, IMF, congratulates India on its pursuit of steady and higher economic growth. |
| 3/2/2000 |
Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 5/15/1992 | Harshad Mehta suspended. |
| 2/22/1997 | India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0. |
| 11/6/1910 | Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras. |
| 9/9/1981 | Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died. |
| 6/18/2000 | K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine. |
| 9/5/1990 | Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee. |
| 2/26/1887 | Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950. |
| 2/14/1994 | The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires. |
| 9/20/1928 | Narayan Guru ""Nanu"" of Kerala entered in maha Samadhi. His teachings are held in great reverence even today. |
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