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Historical Event on 2/2/1970

Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1951Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.
8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
11/20/1902Gandhiji returned to South Africa at the request of the Indian community and revived the Indians against Anti-Asian Laws.
10/15/1921Suryanarayannamurty Rebbapragada, social reformer, college principal and journalist, was born at Rajahmundry in A.P.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
9/27/199573 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.