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Historical Event on 3/2/1996

Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1999Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
5/2/1769Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
12/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India.
4/1/2000India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran.
1/22/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.