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Historical Event on 1/2/1979

Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
2/28/1985M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
2/22/1873Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born.
1/31/1896Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.