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Historical Event on 1/2/1973

General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1887Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born.
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
11/28/1997Seven-month-old United Front government, headed by Prime Minister I.K Gujral, bows out of office.
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
8/9/1965Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori).
11/30/1999The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .