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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
7/11/1882Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra.
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.
2/22/1993Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.
7/8/1918Montagu - Chelmsford Report was published. This report was prepared to reform the legislature of India. This report was made by Edwin Montagu who was the Secretary of States for India and Lord Chelmsford, who was the Viceroy.
3/9/1858Bahadurshah Jafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was deported to Rangoon under the offence for rising of first Indian Mutiny in 1857.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
8/12/1602Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.