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Historical Event on 1/2/1905

Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/199733 persons killed and 67 injured as blast rips through part of Ambala-bound train at Lehra Khana station in Bhatinda district, Punjab.
1/1/1989India and Pakistan sign three agreements.
8/21/1997Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
3/17/1909Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
4/1/1855Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.
10/27/1999The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November.