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Historical Event on 2/2/1996

Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1992Indo-US naval exercises begin.
5/10/1985P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
1/10/1986Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
1/18/2000India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT.
5/18/1974Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
12/27/1797Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra.