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Historical Event on 2/1/1831

The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1831Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
6/7/2000Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.
6/9/1900Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail.
12/22/1853Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district.
4/24/1996BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.
2/18/199247 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
12/10/1978Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.