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Historical Event on 4/2/1942
Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1993 | Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes. |
| 1/6/1847 | Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died. |
| 12/1/1928 | The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta. |
| 5/26/1948 | First ever trade agreement with Pakistan. |
| 8/16/1991 | Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard. |
| 6/21/1941 | Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India. |
| 2/18/1998 | C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna. |
| 6/20/1911 | Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died. |
| 11/25/1977 | John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79). |
| 2/19/1993 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President. |
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