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Historical Event on 2/1/1969

Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1968Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.
2/13/1989Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala.
10/27/1998L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86.
10/30/1996CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case.
6/16/1946Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
3/7/1942Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra.
5/4/1832Darpan', a fortnightly magazine started publishing as a weekly.
6/1/1929V. Shantaram, S. Fattehlal (Sheikh Syed Fattehlal), Vishnupant Damle and Keshavrao B. Dhaiber, alongwith Sita Ram Kulkami, founded the 'Prabhat Film Company' at Kolhapur.
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
8/2/1861Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district.