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Historical Event on 2/2/1965
Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/30/1977 | Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 9/25/1954 | 14 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader. |
| 6/25/2000 | The Government agrees to the bifurcation of the Telecom Ministry. |
| 4/24/1996 | Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition. |
| 3/16/1901 | Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 3/3/1930 | Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik. |
| 9/3/1999 | India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict. |
| 9/8/1911 | Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1/22/1986 | Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
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