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Historical Event on 2/1/1831

The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1995Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government.
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
1/2/1994Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants.
9/7/1998Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77.
7/7/1998India wins Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy defeating Sri Lanka by six runs in the final at Colombo. New Zealand was the third team in the fray.
7/2/1992Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet.
5/19/1990S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.
10/21/1999B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
2/14/1881Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta.