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Historical Event on 2/2/1986

Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
3/29/1982Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy.
6/15/1907Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra).
1/18/2000India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
4/11/1913Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh 
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.
11/3/1929Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.
10/16/1878Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala.