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Historical Event on 1/2/1899

Monks started living in Belur Math.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
8/5/1905Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, was born.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
4/18/1956India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles.
4/20/1914Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
3/1/1971Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.