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Historical Event on 10/2/1961

Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.

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7/5/1992Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories.
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3/3/1997Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
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1/30/1908Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
4/14/1989Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.
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