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Historical Event on 1/2/1979
Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/24/1984 | Eigth General Elections of India began . |
| 7/22/1981 | India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981. |
| 9/24/1859 | Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal. |
| 9/19/1997 | Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
| 9/19/1997 | Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born. |
| 12/11/1999 | Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. |
| 5/13/1998 | India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan. |
| 11/25/1999 | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. |
| 3/16/1993 | Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers. |
| 5/9/1874 | First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai. |
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