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Historical Event on 2/2/1964
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/1836 | Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadhi Newspaper in Asia. |
| 11/6/1931 | Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away. |
| 5/7/1973 | Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died. |
| 8/3/1998 | India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea. |
| 7/28/1994 | Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report. |
| 5/29/1953 | Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay. |
| 8/19/1994 | Rupee made fully convertible on current account. |
| 7/13/1905 | Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods. |
| 7/13/1905 | Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul. |
| 2/15/1924 | Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born. |
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