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2 December - India on this day25 events

1991

Balvinder Singh Nigah, an employee of the catering firm 'Chef Air', arrested for planting a bomb in Air India Jumbo 'Emperor Ashoka'.

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1996

Dr. M. Chenna Reddy, Tamil Nadu governor, passed away at the age of 78.

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1992

Dr. C. Rangarajan appointed Governor of the RBI.

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1984

Following the Bhopal Gas disaster on the night of December 2, 1984, the ICMR initiated a series of interdisciplinary investigations on the health of the people with severe, moderate and mild exposure. A Coordinating Unit, which was later re-designated as the Bhopal Gas Disaster Research Centre was established early in 1985 at the Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, to monitor and coordinate the managerial and technical aspects of the various projects.

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1855

Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founders of Indian National Congress and social reformer, was born.

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1905

Anant Atmaram Kanekar, modern Marathi poet, author and journalist, was born.

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1919

Akhtari Bai was born.

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1937

Manohar Gajanan Joshi was born in Nandvi, Distt. Raigad (Maharashtra).

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1947

Dhiraj Devji Parsana, cricket left-arm medium pace and slow spin bowler, was born in Rajkot. He played vs West Indies 1978-79.

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1552

Father Francis Xavier (1506-1552), Portuguese Jesuit priest, died. He started his mission by training and employing native clergy in conversion efforts. He spread Christianity to India, Malay Archipelago and Japan.

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1964

Pope Paul VI greeted by mils.

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1965

Border Security Force came into existence.

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1911

King George V and Queen Marry visited Bombay, India. The King annulled the partition of Bengal. Delhi was to be made the new capital and the King announced it on 12th December at Delhi Durbur.

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2000

The Kerala Cabinet names Karnataka High Court Judge V. P. Mohan Kumar as commissioner to probe Hooch tragedies in Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram.

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2000

36 passengers die and 140 suffer injuries after the Amritsar-bound Howrah Mail crashes into the overturned wagons of an Assam-bound train near Jeonpura village in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab.

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1997

Pramod Tiwari sets national hammer record in South Asian athletic meet in Delhi.

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1999

Navjot Singh Sidhu, former Indian opening batsman, announced his decision to retire from international and domestic cricket at a press meet in Chandigarh.

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1942

Sri Aurbindo Ashram School was inaugurated.

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1918

Gurudas Banerjee, famous Law expert and first Indian Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University, died.

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1989

Om Prakash Chauthala appointed the new CM of Haryana.

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1989

Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Janta Dal leader, became the seventh Prime Minister of India.

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1993

Madanlal Khurana sworn in as BJP Chief Minister of Delhi.

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1995

The break away Congress Party re-christens itself as All India Indira Congress Committee.

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1999

Vishnu Kant Shastri and Ved Prakash Marwah are sworn in Governors of Himachal Pradesh and Manipur respectively.

#politics2-December-1999
1999

Nagoor Meeran, former AIADMK Minister, and his wife are sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment in 'disproportionate wealth' case in Tamil Nadu .

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