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Historical Event on 2/3/1986

Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
3/11/1989In Bihar, a 13-member ministry headed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn in.
3/31/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous).
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.
1/6/1942Four of the flight's six aircraft were promptly lost to Japanese bombing and No. 4 Flight gave place in Moulmein to No. 3 Flight which had meanwhile re-equipped with four ex-RAF Blenheim ls. B-314 completed first commercial flight around the world.
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.