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Historical Event on 9/2/1960

Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
10/9/1945British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
12/17/1996Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
9/11/1913Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
1/10/1964Battles between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.