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Historical Event on 2/3/1992

Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.
3/7/1952Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
4/18/1978Sardar Sobha Singh, famous builder of modern New Delhi, passed away at the age of 90.
8/28/1904First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
11/20/1969The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.