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Historical Event on 2/2/1986

Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1911Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal.
9/21/1954Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet.
6/9/1992Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
10/12/1997India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.
4/21/1998Ashok Kumar, Special Secretary, Union Home Ministry, who headed a Central team to Tamil Nadu to assess the law and order situation, was transferred to the Planning Commission.
4/24/1974Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
5/10/1985P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
9/15/1927Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born.