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Historical Event on 2/2/1814

Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1974Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
9/18/1992Andhra government's order of setting up 12 private medical colleges quashed by a full bench of the High Court.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
7/13/1947An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.
7/16/1909Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana.
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
3/26/1989Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'.