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Historical Event on 2/2/1977
Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/6/1959 | Ann Chandy was appointed the first Woman judge of Kerala High Court. In 1937, she became the 'munsif'. |
| 5/21/1998 | India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing. |
| 3/10/1969 | Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union. |
| 11/17/1948 | Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers. |
| 10/5/1990 | Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died. |
| 7/2/1998 | India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi. |
| 8/29/1923 | Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born. |
| 12/3/1971 | During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began. |
| 3/26/1997 | Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition. |
| 3/8/1941 | Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away. |
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