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Historical Event on 2/1/1930

A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1858Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born.
4/1/1998Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000.
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
4/12/1976India set 403 to win against the West Indies.
12/14/1920Akali Dal established.
11/11/1921Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence.
9/16/1996J & K second phase poll for 34 seats.
3/7/2000A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.