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Historical Event on 4/2/1970
Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 10/25/1997 | 180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years. |
| 2/3/1900 | Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/19/1998 | E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88. |
| 5/1/1879 | Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission. |
| 10/23/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN. |
| 7/12/1994 | Vasant (V. P. Sathe), film critic, journalist, publisher and author, passed away. |
| 6/1/1970 | Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
| 1/4/1889 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born. |
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