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Historical Event on 2/2/1982
Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/9/1949 | The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General. |
| 12/14/1990 | Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92). |
| 11/17/1994 | Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman. |
| 8/15/1947 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India. |
| 2/27/1993 | Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget. |
| 11/15/2000 | India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''. |
| 1/8/1947 | Rajasthan University established at Jaipur. |
| 4/3/1926 | Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta. |
| 8/15/1947 | Indian Independence Day. |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
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