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Historical Event on 2/2/1949

Press Trust of India' was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1960First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
5/16/1945Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
8/1/2000Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.
9/3/1979M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985.
12/11/1990T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.