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Historical Event on 10/2/1982

Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
10/18/1996Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
1/23/1897Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War.
9/12/1966Mihir Sen, famous Indian swimmer, crossed Darda Nailes Channel.
12/6/1976Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
11/1/1858Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India.
9/4/1888Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law.
9/24/1998In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.