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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 |
| 3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
| 11/2/1967 | Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students. |
| 8/19/1757 | The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company. |
| 1/19/1987 | Narain Dutt Ojha made some sort of a record at the residence of the Chief Justice of India when he was sworn in as a Judge of Supreme Court at 10.00 p.m. |
| 7/25/1992 | R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President. |
| 2/14/1932 | Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, was born. |
| 2/2/1970 | Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98. |
| 8/3/1994 | The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96). |
| 8/10/1995 | Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
| 3/3/1978 | Origin of Saka Era (India). |
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