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Historical Event on 2/1/1972
International Airports Authority of India established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/15/1998 | Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open. |
| 9/19/1962 | Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War. |
| 9/25/1990 | S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died. |
| 3/3/1906 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born. |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 10/26/1981 | Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died. |
| 5/1/1983 | V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away. |
| 5/19/1796 | Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds. |
| 3/2/1982 | Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna. |
| 10/17/1995 | BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP. |
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