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Historical Event on 2/3/1983
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/25/1880 | Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P. |
| 2/23/1997 | 176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa. |
| 9/12/1961 | Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died. |
| 6/11/2000 | 27 army personnel die after the bus carrying them plunges into a gorge at a spot 80 km from Jammu. |
| 4/5/1979 | First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay. |
| 1/19/1960 | Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away. |
| 6/20/1995 | B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1). |
| 10/12/1976 | Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 2/6/1995 | India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi. |
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