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Historical Event on 2/1/1964

Unit Trust of India' established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
11/28/1962K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died.
1/22/1903Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.
11/8/1947Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C.
6/14/1886Orphanage for little girls was established.
2/25/1760Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.
7/6/1881Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.