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Historical Event on 4/2/1948

Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
6/10/1891Gandhiji called to the Bar.
2/10/1946Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals.
6/27/2000The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
10/5/1997Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
11/5/1996United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I).
7/9/1969Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer), was born in Hyderabad.
12/22/1998The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist.
7/23/1993Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle.