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Historical Event on 2/1/1835

East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1992RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits.
6/1/1944M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away.
5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
9/29/1992Forex norms relaxed for wide range of purposes.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).
9/7/1999Haider Noorani, BJP candidate for the Anantang Lok Sabha seat, killed in bomb blast.
1/23/1664Shahaji Raje died in an accident.