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Historical Event on 2/1/1889

Amrit Kaur, an eminent social worker, freedom fighter and political leader, was born a princess in the royal family of King Harman Singh of Kapoorthala. She assisted Gandhi for 18 years and was connected with World Health Organisation and Red Cross Society.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1951Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup.
9/4/1997Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
3/27/1991Chautala recommends Assembly dissolution.
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
1/26/1950India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
1/1/1920Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas.
7/10/1992P.Chidambaram,Union Minister, resigns owning responsibility for investing in 'Fairgrowth'.
4/29/1960Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away.