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Historical Event on 3/2/1994
Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1710 | Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized. |
| 5/22/1940 | Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970). |
| 2/24/1997 | Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail. |
| 12/27/1998 | Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh. |
| 8/25/1998 | Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe. |
| 12/8/1998 | An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award. |
| 11/28/1704 | Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born. |
| 5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
| 5/23/1996 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 7/1/1997 | Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel. |
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