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Historical Event on 1/2/1979

Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1899Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.
3/9/1902Edward Durell Stone, US architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), was born.
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
4/4/1971Pakistan reports seizure of nine Indian army vehicles.
3/12/1941Chinese engineers leave to survey a route for the proposed 1,000-mile-long highway from Ningyuan, China to Assam, India.
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
12/26/1989The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.