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Historical Event on 8/2/1970
Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 7/14/1969 | 85 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur. |
| 3/10/1959 | Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
| 7/18/1993 | Rail, road traffic disrupted. |
| 12/7/1782 | Hyder Ali, warrior of Mysore, passed away in a camp near Chittur. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 1/1/1926 | Mohammad Abdul Hye, educationist, was born at Alitangani, (Nowgong). |
| 3/1/1997 | India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara. |
| 8/7/1985 | Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia. |
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