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Historical Event on 10/2/1994
Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
10/24/1938 | Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur. |
11/6/1905 | Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar. |
10/3/1880 | Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi. |
1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
9/20/1856 | Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste. |
5/2/1769 | Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born. |
1/20/1972 | Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory. |
1/10/1896 | Shri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), famous politician, freedom fighter, lawyer, prolific writer, social reformer, nationalist leader and litterateur, was born. |
1/1/1979 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"". |
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