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Historical Event on 1/2/1973

General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
4/11/1937Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
5/24/1993India and Uzbekistan sign five pacts.
3/5/1992Sunder, comedy actor, passed away.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.