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Historical Event on 2/1/1835

East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1922Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman.
10/19/2000The Government creates an electronic database of all the principal Central Acts from 1834 to 1996 of all India application.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
11/3/1996Deve Gowda, PM, to attend G-15 summit in Harare. This was his first foreign trip as PM.
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
8/15/1998Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
2/14/1989Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985.
1/30/1911Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born.
11/9/1997Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.