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Historical Event on 2/10/1982

K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/12/1952Social Welfare Board inaugurated in the Parliament.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
10/3/1906Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay.
4/14/1990Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.
2/10/1944Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.
5/21/1996General Election (11th) of India ended.