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Historical Event on 2/8/1985

P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1981Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away.
7/12/1996Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
4/12/1801William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.
11/24/1999The dedication ceremony of Shanmukhananda Hall is put off.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
2/4/1948Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).