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Historical Event on 2/2/1978

Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.
1/12/1992Punjab election set for February 19.
4/15/1895Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort.
9/4/1888Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
4/20/1960Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
7/24/1837Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed.