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Historical Event on 8/2/1970

Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
4/8/1953Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
2/10/1897Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P).
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
11/13/1970Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
4/5/1848Satara kingdom came to end.
5/9/1866Gopal Krishna Gokhale, freedom fighter and political leader, was born in Kotluk village of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
11/19/1991Two national commissions on women set up.