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Historical Event on 2/2/1964

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
1/19/1932Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow.
2/19/1919Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
5/30/1915Krishen Behari Lall, Indian Civil Service and Diplomat, was born at Delhi.
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
2/2/1970Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98.
4/30/1909R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born.
12/1/1999Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol