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Historical Event on 4/2/1980

Raj Narain expelled from Lok Dal forms Janata (S) Party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
2/3/1921The Evens Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was tabled before the Govt. on February 3.
10/28/1977Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
6/8/1897Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.
3/19/1973Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47.
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.