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Historical Event on 10/2/1994

Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
11/9/1998India rejects Pakistan's bid to internalise the Sir Creek issue at the bilaternal talks in New Delhi.
5/6/1775Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.
8/8/1905Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born.
10/10/1937Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born.
1/31/1998D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98).