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Historical Event on 2/2/1996
Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1936 | Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar. |
| 1/25/1932 | Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 9/16/2000 | In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution. |
| 5/27/1906 | Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions. |
| 6/22/1880 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam. |
| 2/21/1894 | Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, famous scientist, was born at Bhera, Punjab. |
| 7/12/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company. |
| 3/5/1993 | The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment. |
| 2/10/1691 | Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta. |
| 2/14/1976 | Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force. |
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