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Historical Event on 10/2/1979

Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1909Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras.
12/20/1959Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
5/4/1957Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
2/27/1996Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
6/13/1905Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer (England 1929-31), was born.
8/1/1957M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.
8/1/1957Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.