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Historical Event on 2/10/1992
Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/6/1998 | V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar. |
| 10/31/2000 | The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources' |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 3/1/1919 | Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties. |
| 4/4/1971 | Pakistan reports seizure of nine Indian army vehicles. |
| 6/5/1984 | Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab. |
| 11/16/1995 | The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion. |
| 9/17/1954 | India outlaws bigamy. |
| 1/1/1974 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"". |
| 10/26/1946 | 27 die as violence between Hindus and Muslims continued in Calcutta. |
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