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Historical Event on 2/2/1996

Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/11/1999India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
2/22/1994Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
1/3/1997Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.
7/22/1678Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore.
3/3/1931Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.
11/5/1928R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
1/25/1824Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.
4/22/1923Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka.