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Historical Event on 2/3/1983
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/19/1999 | The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga. |
| 5/18/1992 | President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing. |
| 7/25/2000 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena Chief, courts arrest and the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Boiwada, B. P. Kamble dismisses the case because of six-year delay in pursuing it after the FIR. |
| 11/11/1973 | India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi. |
| 7/19/1965 | Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 2/25/1844 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born. |
| 7/20/2000 | In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents. |
| 7/20/2000 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 4/12/1917 | Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar. |
| 2/8/1986 | Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96). |
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