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Historical Event on 10/2/1845

First Shipping Company of India started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
1/29/1781First Newspaper, J.A.Hickey's Bengal Gazette - January 29, 1781.
7/2/1999In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants.
4/10/1880C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
7/11/1994Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service.
5/27/1999IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.