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Historical Event on 2/2/1986

Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
2/16/1994Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, veteran singer of 'Jaipur Gharana', passed away.
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
9/7/1887Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh.
4/10/1993Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow.
4/29/1639Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646.
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.