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Historical Event on 2/1/1835

East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1997Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
5/5/1947Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.
6/6/1997Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
11/14/1955Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
8/28/1896Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, great musician and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Chembai in Kerala.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
2/9/1989Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident.
3/23/1992G. S. Dhillon, former speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away.