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Historical Event on 2/4/1953
Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/29/1997 | R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 1/14/1851 | Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart. |
| 2/20/1982 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 10/5/1997 | Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event. |
| 11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 5/13/1996 | Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party. |
| 9/9/1850 | Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born. |
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