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Historical Event on 3/2/1963
China reports troops have left disputed area in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 5/10/1857 | India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 3/28/1954 | The flight undertook its first VVIP commitment, when it carried the first Prime Minister of India, the Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from Palam to Tilpat range and back to witness the 'Fire Power Demo'. It carried wide spectrum of VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister, renowned statesmen, Generals, Luminaries and visiting foreign dignitaries. |
| 1/26/1915 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was born at Nungkao village, Manipur State. |
| 2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
| 9/30/2000 | India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant. |
| 10/2/1994 | Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
| 10/28/2000 | The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985. |
| 8/6/1996 | Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
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