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Historical Event on 2/2/1986
Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/17/1892 | Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, social reformer, revolutionary and poet, was born in Shillong. |
| 8/8/1932 | Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born. |
| 5/2/1985 | Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 3/14/1995 | Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected. |
| 1/12/1918 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born. |
| 11/6/1999 | Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India. |
| 10/21/1990 | Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays. |
| 2/10/1846 | British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
| 7/13/1988 | Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit. |
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