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Historical Event on 10/2/1996
Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
| 3/29/1869 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born. |
| 10/20/1991 | Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died. |
| 11/16/1997 | Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender. |
| 6/3/1999 | Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises. |
| 12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
| 1/9/1923 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 9/3/1997 | India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme. |
| 4/20/1930 | The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks. |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
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