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Historical Event on 10/2/1971

Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1915Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born.
1/11/1994Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away.
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
6/12/1976Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, died at Varanasi.
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
8/16/1996Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.