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Historical Event on 1/2/1948

Nehru threatens Indian action to stop Pakistani raids into Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1944Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Institute' established.
5/7/1958Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
12/3/1971During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began.
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
2/28/1918Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
6/17/1913Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.