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Historical Event on 10/2/1954

Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1970Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
8/12/1991Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
6/5/1995Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
3/16/1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
9/16/1996J & K second phase poll for 34 seats.
1/2/2000Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine.