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Historical Event on 2/2/1968

TERLS dedicated to the United Nations.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/19/1908Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
7/4/1899Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat .
2/8/1971Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died.
12/17/1971Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war.
6/1/1998Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre.
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.
10/3/1880Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi.
7/6/1917Bhandarkar Prachyavidya Sanshodhak Mandir' was established.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.