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Historical Event on 8/2/1959

Little Theatre was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1857Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress', was born at Almora, UP.
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
10/13/1999Chandrababu Naidu, TDP leader, said that his party would support the NDA Government unconditionally.
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.
11/23/1908Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
6/27/1915Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, 3 test matches, 33 runs, vs Australia in 1947-48, was born at Mumbai.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
2/7/1931Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.
1/2/1994Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants.