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Historical Event on 1/2/1932
Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1951 | Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
| 8/3/1930 | Vyanktesh Bapuji Ketkar, famous astrologist and researcher, died. |
| 1/11/1986 | The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 11/20/1930 | With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable |
| 12/29/1909 | Congress at Lahore adopts resolution praising Indians' struggle in South Africa and urged ban on indenture. |
| 5/17/1996 | Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away. |
| 7/21/1999 | The Janata Dal splits under Deve Gowda and Sharad Yadav. The latter group to support NDA. |
| 7/26/2000 | The Centre imposes a ban on employing children belowing 14 years as domestic servants by all Government employees in the All India services at the insistence of the NHRC. |
| 10/17/1994 | Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies. |
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