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Historical Event on 1/2/1979

Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
12/4/1993Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
1/21/1996Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
1/9/1982A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.
11/1/1945Narendra Dabholkar, blind faith eradicator (Andhashradhha Nirmulak), was born.
2/9/1757In a treaty between Lord Clive and Siraj Ud Daulah, Clive was authorised to safe guard (Killa Bandi) and open mint at Calcutta. Nawab had paid compensation to British Army.
1/4/1931Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, great orator, eminent journalist, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, died at London during the first Round Table Conference. He was closely associated to Mahatma Gandhi and took active part in Civil Disobedience Movement.