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Historical Event on 10/2/1994

Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1953Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
3/17/1997Cochin Stock Exchange goes online.
1/9/1923Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
3/27/1992India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine.
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
1/1/1989Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
3/16/1999Amarjeet Kaypee of Haryana, during an innings of 148 against Madhya Pradesh in the super-league match at Rajnandgaon, overtook Ashok Malhotra's 7,274 runs and became the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy.