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Historical Event on 2/2/1996

Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1807Khanderao Holkar, one of the sardars in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
11/11/1958Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.
9/9/1812The first paper currency was issued by the Bank of Bengal. The notes of this bank were later printed by Perkins, Heath & Co. in England. They can be distinguished into at least 10 different types. They were issued in a wide range of denominations from Rs. 10 to Rs. 1000.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
4/14/1948Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India.
1/1/1989The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
7/21/1883Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta.
9/12/1990Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.