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Historical Event on 2/2/1835
Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/7/1986 | Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa. |
| 3/1/1993 | Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98). |
| 3/17/1989 | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, president of Lok Dal (B) and former Union Minister, passed away. |
| 12/25/1999 | An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops. |
| 2/16/1955 | Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away. |
| 1/16/1916 | Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . |
| 6/10/1888 | Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born. |
| 9/26/1979 | Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal. |
| 11/27/1984 | Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay. |
| 7/3/1991 | Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996. |
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