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Historical Event on 2/2/1996
Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/2000 | Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders. |
| 7/3/1661 | Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II. |
| 4/22/2000 | Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai. |
| 9/20/1944 | Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi. |
| 9/20/1944 | Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi. |
| 1/10/1693 | Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest. |
| 1/28/1853 | Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba. |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 3/17/1992 | Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%. |
| 1/21/1922 | V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai. |
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