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Historical Event on 9/2/1993

Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.
7/18/1993Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.
10/24/1868Balasaheb Pantpratinidhi, king of Aundh and painter, was born.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
10/23/1934Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
1/26/1995Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest.