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Historical Event on 1/2/1973

General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1732Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
1/8/1908Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
11/29/1993Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
6/1/1992Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
9/1/1947Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored.
12/10/1993The residence of Mahatma Phule was declared a national monument.