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Historical Event on 2/3/1986

Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1995Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.
1/14/1882Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
10/5/1999India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
5/26/1993The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.
6/11/1931Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.
9/12/1686Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.