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Historical Event on 2/2/1977
Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1942 | Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi. |
| 2/28/1835 | Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20. |
| 9/12/1995 | Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu. |
| 1/21/1922 | V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai. |
| 12/22/1887 | Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/10/1931 | Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
| 5/15/1958 | Gift Tax Act was introduced. |
| 2/3/1916 | Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya. |
| 7/1/1958 | Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960. |
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