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Historical Event on 2/2/1996

Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1946Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India.
8/20/1986A restructured 20-point programme announced.
7/23/1912Kilachand Ambalal, great industrialist, was born.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
1/29/1992India and Israel decide to establish full diplomatic relations.
10/14/1885Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
12/24/1998A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists.
12/4/1898Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan, Indian Scientist and Physicist-Philosopher, was born in Tamil Nadu.
6/17/1917Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.