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Historical Event on 2/2/1917
Maharshi Vinayak Ramchandra Patwardhan (Annasaheb), collegue of Lokmanya Tilak, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/1/1947 | British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power. |
| 1/22/1989 | DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. |
| 8/20/1997 | Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President. |
| 6/23/1953 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 4/2/1942 | Congress rejected the proposal of Sir Stepherd Crips. |
| 4/2/1942 | Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born. |
| 8/5/1921 | Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born. |
| 11/28/1998 | The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 8/1/1993 | Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995. |
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