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Historical Event on 2/4/1953

Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
2/8/1993India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
10/2/1954Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
1/6/1980In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections.
4/20/1989R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court.
7/8/1996Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.