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Historical Event on 2/3/1983
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1953 | Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta. |
| 7/8/1988 | More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala. |
| 4/24/1942 | Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41. |
| 5/3/1936 | Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India. |
| 8/18/1923 | Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi. |
| 6/30/1965 | Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch. |
| 11/24/1930 | Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar, cricketer ( wicket keeper in one Test India vs NZ 1955-56), was born in Pen, Maharashtra. |
| 10/9/1947 | P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace. |
| 12/10/1978 | Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize. |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
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