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Historical Event on 2/2/1958
Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President. |
| 9/24/1873 | Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'. |
| 12/25/1995 | First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras. |
| 10/4/1992 | D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died. |
| 3/25/1933 | Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born. |
| 2/13/1991 | Surjit Singh Barnala resigns as Governor of Tamil Nadu. |
| 6/18/1993 | Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta. |
| 1/3/1923 | Madhukar Arnalkar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 10/19/2000 | The Government creates an electronic database of all the principal Central Acts from 1834 to 1996 of all India application. |
| 12/27/1797 | Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra. |
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