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Historical Event on 1/2/1960

Raman Lamba, Cricketer was Born

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1994Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines.
8/20/1998The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
8/20/1991Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
2/19/1956Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.
4/22/1992IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance.