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Historical Event on 2/2/1978

The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1783Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India.
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
1/2/1991Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.
6/11/1932Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
12/8/1999Brij Bhupinder Singh alias Lalli, former Punjab Minister, was arrested on charges of fraud and disappropriation of public funds.
1/6/1847Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died.
9/29/1914German cruiser Emden shells Madras.
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.