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Historical Event on 2/2/1862

Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/23/1958Marathwada University was started.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
1/16/1901Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.
1/29/1979Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras.
6/18/1993Advani takes over as party President.
8/17/1958Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
1/28/1999Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
3/28/1954The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the 'Fire Power Demo'. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries.
11/9/1904Panchanan Maheshwari was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers with different embryological studies. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchanani