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Historical Event on 2/2/1989

France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
3/19/1999The banned Maoist Communist Centre kills 34 Bhumihars at Senari village in Jehanabad district in Bihar.
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
5/26/1935Swami Mrigendra Channaya, great Social Scientist in Maharashtra, was born.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
11/25/1997Election Commission de-recognises Janata Party and Congress (Tiwari) as national parties and de-recognises Pattali Makkal Katchi in Tamil Nadu, J & K Panthers Party and J & K People's Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Congress (Socialist) in Kerala and Manipur and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu. Pattali Makkal Katchi will continue to be recognised as State party in Pondicherry.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
1/29/1968Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.