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Historical Event on 1/2/1953

Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
1/15/1898Nanasaheb Ramji Tawde, educationist and scientist, was born at Taluq Malvan, Maharashtra.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
4/18/1916Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away.
5/17/1949India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
5/29/1957Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
6/15/1937Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's), was born in Jamnagar.
12/14/1946Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi.
12/22/1998Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.