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Historical Event on 2/2/1978

The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1966Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
8/1/2000Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.
5/16/1932Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay.
7/29/1994Indian army kills 27 Muslem militants.
4/21/1993India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
7/21/1947Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.