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Historical Event on 2/3/1929
The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963). |
| 6/15/1953 | Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 9/18/2000 | President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee. |
| 4/5/1938 | Anil Rakeshi, great poet, Hindi writer and critic, was born at Nahan (H.P.). |
| 7/8/1958 | Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857. |
| 6/6/1986 | Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police. |
| 12/20/1999 | Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Chief, opposes signing of CTBT. |
| 3/30/1994 | Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community. |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
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