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Historical Event on 2/2/1968
TERLS dedicated to the United Nations.
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| 8/28/1997 | Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination. |
| 6/4/1947 | Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away. |
| 9/30/1990 | Former Dy PM Devilal submits his letter of resignation. |
| 8/13/1988 | Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 5/29/1953 | Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born. |
| 6/11/1983 | Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89. |
| 1/15/1998 | Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years. |
| 12/17/1987 | Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims. |
| 4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
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