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Historical Event on 2/2/1814
Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.
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| 3/5/1989 | Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns. |
| 1/3/1938 | Jaswant Singh, son of Thakur Sardar Singh, was born in Jasol, Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan). |
| 9/23/1862 | Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born. |
| 6/4/1902 | Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born. |
| 4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 6/19/1995 | India and US officially launch Indo-US Commercial Alliance during US Trade Secretary's visit. |
| 10/6/1992 | Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died. |
| 7/14/1999 | Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. |
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