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Historical Event on 5/2/1769

Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
9/28/1985The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
10/12/1997India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
4/1/1998Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
4/28/1936Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.