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Historical Event on 3/2/1996
Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1896 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born. |
| 4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, 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. |
| 4/13/1997 | Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown. |
| 8/15/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948. |
| 8/29/1928 | Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur. |
| 2/8/1986 | Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96). |
| 12/13/1978 | Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 3/17/1989 | Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra. |
| 10/30/1997 | Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin. |
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