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Historical Event on 1/2/1991

Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1992M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
9/24/1999India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
8/10/1979Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit.
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
4/10/1930Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay.
12/1/1946Australia compiled 645 vs India at Gabba. Bradman made 187 runs.
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
1/26/1997Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana.