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Historical Event on 10/2/1950

Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1961Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
1/28/1894Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
9/27/2000The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
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.
10/3/1992Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.
12/4/1998Christians across the country observe a protest day against the recent attacks on the community and its institutions.