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Historical Event on 10/2/1993

Prime Minister's employment project started in urban areas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1847Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
2/24/1948The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
4/4/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com.
2/12/1997Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time.
4/18/1914Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur.