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Historical Event on 1/2/1948

Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1984Eighth General Election of India ends. Indian National Congress party wins with thumping majority.
4/4/1858Rani Laxmibai fled to Gwalior through Kalpi after giving a solid blow to British troops.
5/14/1978Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away.
2/28/1998The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory.
11/1/1961First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748.
9/10/1920Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born at Hadagali in Karnataka. In 1945 he put forward the ""theory of estimation"" in statistics. His formulae and therorems, for instance the ""Cramer-Rao inequality"", ""The Fisher-Rao theorem"" and ""Rao-Black Wellistaion"" are now part of any standard textbook of statistics. For his significant contributions, Rao received the S. S. Bhatnagar Award, the Meghnad Saha Medal and the Guy medal.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
5/4/1993Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced.
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
4/19/1960Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi.