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Historical Event on 3/2/1982

Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1657Kalyan and Bhiwandi came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
10/24/1657Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
9/1/1908Amir Elahi, right-hand batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler, born at Multan in Lahore.
5/4/1960Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.
1/1/1920Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas.
4/3/1966First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
6/6/1916Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary.
9/12/1992Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years.
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
12/10/1967Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar.