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Historical Event on 10/2/1954

Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
6/1/1944M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away.
1/22/1990The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
2/25/1992Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
3/19/1936Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.