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Historical Event on 2/2/1917

Maharshi Vinayak Ramchandra Patwardhan (Annasaheb), collegue of Lokmanya Tilak, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
12/11/1881Subramania Bharati was born at Ettaiyapuram.
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
10/19/1888Namakkal Kavignar, Gandhian poet and painter, was born at Mohanur in Salem.
7/30/1622Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
6/22/1935Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.