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Historical Event on 2/2/1996

Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1924Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind.
11/17/1857Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.
5/19/1904Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
4/19/1981Indira Gandhi,Prime Minister, inaugurated `Maharashtra Vidhanbhavan'.
2/1/1971Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar.
7/18/1993India beats France 3-2 in a sensational Davis Cup tie to enter into the semi-final.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
9/15/1903Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar.
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.