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Historical Event on 10/2/1998

Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1932Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
4/15/1984Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
6/3/1998The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi.
1/12/1992India and Russia sign a new political treaty.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
9/28/1993Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
11/5/1928R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.