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Historical Event on 2/3/1995

The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
5/3/1977Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away.
4/12/1993Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed.
12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
10/22/1947There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
5/2/1968Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act.