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Historical Event on 2/2/1982

Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.
5/13/1953The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
1/3/1945No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area.
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
7/8/1991L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.
1/9/1995Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.
2/16/1896Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born.
8/8/1940Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).