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Historical Event on 7/2/1938

Chandra K. N. Patel was born at Baramati near Pune. In 1974, he was the youngest scientist to be elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. Besides, he is the recipient of the Ballantine Medal, The Worykin Award and The lamme Medal. Chandra K. N. Patel is the Executive Director of one of the divisions of the AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA.

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6/30/1991A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam.
10/31/1990Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead.
6/20/1869Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
6/3/1844Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer, critic and journalist in Hindi, was born.
7/13/1905Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born.
3/19/1972India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years.
8/5/1604John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized.
1/25/2000The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.
2/19/1992An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls.