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Historical Event on 7/2/1998

India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1950Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
1/8/1973Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died.
2/17/1998Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna.
3/23/1994Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
6/22/1993JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh.
11/1/1913Ghadar Movement started at San Francisco.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.