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Historical Event on 2/2/1835
Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1803 | Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle. |
| 9/30/1999 | A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 2/1/1894 | Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born. |
| 3/11/1963 | First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory. |
| 6/27/2000 | Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part. |
| 11/8/1977 | Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away. |
| 4/4/1926 | Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues. |
| 8/1/2000 | Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik. |
| 9/21/1994 | Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat. |
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