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Historical Event on 2/3/1986
Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/2000 | S.Nijalingappa (97), former Karnataka Chief Minister, died at his residence in Chitradurga. |
| 8/16/1923 | Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 12/14/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award. |
| 8/20/1991 | Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore. |
| 3/23/1994 | Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev. |
| 5/5/1944 | Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
| 9/8/1962 | Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration. |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963). |
| 1/21/1996 | Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction. |
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