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Historical Event on 2/2/1915
Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
| 9/14/1991 | Assam declared 'disturbed area', army launches 'Operation Rhino' against ULFA militants. |
| 8/25/1965 | Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators. |
| 11/9/1948 | Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India. |
| 3/28/1978 | Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born. |
| 5/4/1994 | Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service. |
| 3/25/1994 | Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years. |
| 6/19/1901 | Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences. |
| 5/19/1904 | Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
| 6/29/1908 | Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born. |
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