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Historical Event on 2/1/1797
Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 10/10/1964 | Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo. |
| 5/28/1930 | Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing. |
| 3/24/1993 | Six of Memon family escape to Karachi. |
| 3/2/1986 | Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away. |
| 11/20/1888 | Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur. |
| 11/25/1999 | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. |
| 1/5/1934 | Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi. |
| 1/1/1944 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died. |
| 5/21/1984 | Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay. |
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