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Historical Event on 3/2/1913

Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.

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4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
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11/9/1960Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
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1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
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6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.