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Historical Event on 11/2/1972

ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1996Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.
1/6/1832Publication of 'Darpan' magazine started.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
6/15/1960Bardwan University was established in West Bengal.
12/16/1924Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born.
9/25/1990Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
3/23/1986The first women's company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
2/24/1986Rukmini Devi passed away.
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.