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Historical Event on 1/2/1960
Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/12/1993 | Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed. |
| 1/26/1997 | Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 3/31/1867 | Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864. |
| 10/11/1991 | Meghalaya placed under President's rule. |
| 2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 1/18/1998 | Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
| 9/5/1957 | Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha. |
| 7/16/1959 | Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died. |
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