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Historical Event on 2/1/1944

Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
3/25/1994Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
8/7/1986Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.
1/14/1843Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
11/11/1924SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh).
1/6/1979Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.
6/24/1974India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins.
4/3/1700Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals.