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Historical Event on 2/2/1952

India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1999India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
1/26/1972Amar Jawan, a national memorial, established at India Gate, New Dehli.
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.
8/3/1957Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away.
4/11/1937Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born.
9/16/1932Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.
2/6/195555 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).