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Historical Event on 2/1/1881
Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
| 7/17/1935 | Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi. |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 7/11/2000 | Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"". |
| 8/18/1995 | Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement. |
| 9/3/1953 | Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away. |
| 11/9/1960 | Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died. |
| 3/4/1951 | Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi. |
| 11/7/1966 | Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives. |
| 12/30/1974 | Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi. |
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