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Historical Event on 2/1/1972

International Airports Authority of India established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1920Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.
12/14/1999India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test.
6/6/1990GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
11/13/1995The Supreme Court in an unanimous 65-page verdict declares that patients who received deficient services from the medical profession and hospitals were entitled to claim damages under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
1/26/1988A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89).
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
12/17/1974Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.