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Historical Event on 2/1/1929
Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/9/1755 | E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War. |
| 8/14/1993 | 15 bus passengers massacred in J&K. |
| 12/3/1971 | Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief. |
| 8/14/1993 | New governors for MP, Bihar, West Bengal & Tripura. |
| 8/4/1937 | Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, famous lawyer, philosopher, ancient researcher and eminent historian, died at Patna. |
| 2/27/1992 | Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years. |
| 1/14/1959 | Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi. |
| 5/13/1998 | World Bank cancels India donors meet. |
| 4/22/1840 | James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away. |
| 3/3/1939 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention. |
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