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Historical Event on 2/1/1917
Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 1/9/1995 | T.N. Seshan, chief election commissioner, asks Centre to put off annual budget in lieu of State assembly elections. |
| 11/8/1927 | Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan). |
| 12/30/1929 | The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London. |
| 2/25/1998 | Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia. |
| 5/17/1996 | Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away. |
| 10/16/1999 | Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99' |
| 8/1/1672 | The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature. |
| 8/13/1988 | Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
| 12/3/1884 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar. |
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