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Historical Event on 2/2/1978
Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1975 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away. |
| 9/7/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas. |
| 8/1/1920 | Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published. |
| 1/10/1997 | 28th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum. |
| 11/13/1935 | Chandra Prakash Gupta, great educationist, was born at Gaini in UP. |
| 2/18/1994 | India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 10/1/1997 | Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries. |
| 2/18/1823 | Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born. |
| 12/12/1930 | Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods. |
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