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Historical Event on 8/2/1993

CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
10/1/1997Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72.
4/13/1997Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown.
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
6/23/1810Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed.
12/21/1903Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born.
12/28/1983Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.
9/24/1998In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.