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Historical Event on 2/3/1873

Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.

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3/2/1984Mother Teresa University inaugurated by Mother herself at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
1/10/1963Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India.
7/30/1957Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India was established through which exporting materials were insured.