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Historical Event on 10/2/1994

Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1898Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
3/8/1986L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
7/12/1947Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.
8/1/1990Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'.
7/24/1998India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier.
3/11/1795Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals.
7/10/1972Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.
3/9/1993AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.