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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
5/5/1946Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous.
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
2/22/1996Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).
6/15/1988Dalai Lama recoganised the rights of China in foreign affairs and Army Operations in Tibet region.
3/28/1963First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
12/11/1845First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War.
7/14/1923Iqbal Singh Bhatia, great educationist, was born at Kotla Qasim Khan, (Pakistan).
3/29/1869Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.