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Historical Event on 2/2/1949
Press Trust of India' was established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1920 | Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay. |
| 3/11/1990 | Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
| 4/22/1930 | Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order. |
| 4/16/1991 | President's rule imposed in Haryana. |
| 7/1/1997 | Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta. |
| 4/12/1801 | William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta. |
| 12/17/1999 | Pramod Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announces that Women's Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/1/1986 | Fourth Pay Commission implemented. |
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