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Historical Event on 8/2/1984

32 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/9/1992Chandralekha resigns from IAS and joins Tamizhaga Wellatchi Iyyakkam (Tamil Movement for Good Government) led by Dr. Subramaniam Swamy.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
3/12/1995Congress party loses India national election.
9/25/1962Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
1/30/1996Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
4/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
11/26/1949Constitution of India was adopted