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Historical Event on 10/2/1969
Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1984 | Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab. |
| 12/8/1970 | Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers. |
| 2/12/1871 | Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K. |
| 10/24/1827 | Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
| 4/18/1914 | Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai. |
| 11/12/1929 | First Maharastrian Governor Shripad Balwant Tambe was appointed as Governor of Nagpur. |
| 11/12/1929 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
| 7/17/1997 | K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state. |
| 4/17/1799 | Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799). |
| 5/28/1964 | A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader. |
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