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Historical Event on 2/1/1969
Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/21/1979 | Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away. |
| 3/28/1956 | Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras. |
| 1/18/1997 | SC says telephone tapping is violation of fundamental rights but permits it by government in special circumstances. |
| 3/30/1994 | G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel. |
| 1/21/1997 | Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis. |
| 11/15/1913 | Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15) |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 1/28/1898 | Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India. |
| 11/5/2000 | The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999 |
| 8/20/1993 | Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria. |
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