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Historical Event on 1/2/1994

India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
6/18/1997E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.
2/16/1968Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
1/9/1971Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.
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.
4/13/1851Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.
7/13/1930Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.