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Historical Event on 2/5/2000
A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1991 | Tax concessions announced. |
| 1/31/1976 | Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 1/2/1994 | India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months. |
| 1/6/1987 | An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi. |
| 1/17/1913 | Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab. |
| 2/16/1993 | Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy. |
| 1/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College. |
| 4/15/1932 | Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born. |
| 4/1/1957 | Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa. |
| 9/15/1916 | Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India. |
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