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Historical Event on 2/2/1949
Press Trust of India' was established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1913 | The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India. |
| 10/13/1998 | India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers. |
| 12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
| 11/30/1759 | Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk. |
| 11/27/1999 | BJP recaptures the Jaipur Civic body posts by winning 49 out of 70 seats. |
| 9/21/1996 | Rao resigns Congress Party President post. |
| 4/16/1980 | Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final. |
| 4/16/1980 | Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2). |
| 10/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, became inoperable due to power bus anomaly. This satellite had capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. |
| 6/2/1990 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91). |
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