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Historical Event on 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
10/16/1896Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born.
5/4/1832Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly.
9/8/1990Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
2/11/1979Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
3/8/1997G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.
9/24/1856Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away.
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.