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Historical Event on 2/2/1814

Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
2/25/1897Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
9/9/1944Mahatma Gandhi conducted several talks between 9th September to 27the September with Mohammed Ali Jinnah regarding Pakistan.
3/19/1848Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'.
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
4/13/1994United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI.
4/13/1994Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.