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Historical Event on 2/2/1949

Press Trust of India' was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
8/5/1921Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born.
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
5/5/1986Controversial Muslim Women Bill passed by Lok Sabha.
8/10/2000Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
8/1/1955Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P.
10/4/1997J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill.
3/27/1898Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'