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Historical Event on 1/2/1979

Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1993A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up.
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.
4/8/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.
4/24/1888Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo.
10/2/1972Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started.
11/23/1990Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
2/19/1997Massive blowout in ONGC oil field at Devarapally, A.P.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.