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Historical Event on 2/1/1785
Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1939 | Motganhalli Laxmanarsu Jaisi alais Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties), was born in Secundrabad. |
| 7/17/2000 | 55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport. |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 6/22/1993 | The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides. |
| 9/14/1953 | Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul. |
| 1/26/1957 | Ashok Omprakash Malhotra, cricketer (Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84), was born in Amritsar. |
| 12/6/1952 | First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed. |
| 6/9/1998 | Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
| 10/21/1762 | Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born. |
| 9/1/1998 | Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi. |
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