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Historical Event on 1/2/1994

India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1895Bal Gangadhar Tilak inagurated the Shivaji Mahotsav at Raigad Fort.
1/3/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
2/27/1803Great fire in Bombay.
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.
8/19/1994Rupee made fully convertible on current account.
5/11/1919Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.
2/23/19905-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.
3/19/1939Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad.