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Historical Event on 10/2/1994

Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1857Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor.
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
9/15/1876Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, was born at Debanandapur in Hoogly district.
1/9/1889Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"".
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
3/13/1878Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi.
8/15/1947Indian Independence Day.