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Historical Event on 2/2/1977
Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1891 | Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created. |
| 6/30/1834 | Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). |
| 11/9/1948 | Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 11/3/1908 | Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 4/18/1930 | Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army. |
| 7/12/1980 | Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha. |
| 5/28/1992 | Indo-US naval exercises begin. |
| 10/9/1997 | Forest brigand Veerappan kidnapped 21 persons and later released 13 tourists. He detained six people --Dr. Mythi of Indian Institute of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangalore, two drivers, pumpset attender and two photographers. |
| 2/20/1976 | Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai. |
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