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Historical Event on 2/3/1916

Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
1/18/1997India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
1/1/1897Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.
5/17/1999Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack