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Historical Event on 4/2/1980

S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1937Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born.
7/31/1996Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
7/22/1992Security scam: Planning Commission member V. Krishnamurthy resigns.
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.
2/28/1884Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, passed away.