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Historical Event on 3/2/1933
Anandji, famous music director, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/17/1924 | Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind. |
| 1/7/1685 | Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born. |
| 11/13/1998 | Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final. |
| 4/3/1992 | Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), was formed. |
| 5/20/1999 | The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 2/12/1949 | Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978). |
| 1/22/1965 | Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai. |
| 3/18/1996 | President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces. |
| 5/31/1818 | Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore. |
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