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Historical Event on 2/3/1983
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/17/1999 | Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards. |
| 3/11/1915 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. |
| 9/3/1999 | India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict. |
| 5/2/1769 | Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born. |
| 10/25/1964 | First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'. |
| 10/25/1964 | Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born. |
| 1/18/1994 | Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM. |
| 8/1/2000 | Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik. |
| 8/1/2000 | Rana Sanga of Mewar, who had built up an extensive and powerful kingdom over the central and western regions of Northern India, passed away. Mughal Emperor Babur captured Chanderi Fort from Medini Rai, Rana Sangram Singh one of the Lieutenants. |
| 10/26/1961 | Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October. |
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