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Historical Event on 2/1/1964
Judge Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 15.03.1966.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 6/24/1966 | Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die. |
| 2/12/1882 | Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 2/12/1882 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
| 3/18/1991 | West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
| 7/2/1991 | Nanankal Krishna Pillai, famous Malyalam poet, died. |
| 11/10/1990 | Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta. |
| 2/10/1926 | Rajmata Krishna Kumari, social worker, was born at Dharangadhra. |
| 8/4/1929 | Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician. |
| 7/25/1986 | Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India. |
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