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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 |
| 4/8/1925 | Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born. |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 1/14/1995 | The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy. |
| 2/6/1996 | Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91). |
| 4/4/1904 | Kundan Lal Saigal, golden voiced singer, legend in his lifetime, actor and film maker, was born in Jammu. Some of his famous songs are ""Ek Bangla Bane Nayara"", ""Diya Jalao"", ""Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya"". |
| 1/10/1975 | India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
| 7/24/1997 | Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali. |
| 8/17/1998 | The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent. |
| 8/18/1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
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