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Historical Event on 2/1/1835

East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
9/25/1857Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
7/22/1925Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born.
3/4/1858J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.
6/15/1948Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.
8/6/1932Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures.
9/28/1954137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad.
8/1/1962Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation.
4/22/1930Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.