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Historical Event on 2/3/1969

Thiru Conjeevaram Natrajan Annadurai ""Anna"", a great patriot, writer, editor, orator, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the commencer of Dravid Movement, passed away. He was the key person in formation of Anna Dramuk Party.

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6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
10/6/1927The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay.
9/23/1862Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born.
7/18/1857The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
1/9/1982A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.