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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 02/07/1273 |
Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away. |
| 02/07/1687 |
Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end. |
| 02/07/1795 |
Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. |
| 02/07/1856 |
Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule. |
| 02/07/1864 |
P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born. |
| 02/07/1908 |
Manmanath Gupta was born. |
| 02/07/1922 |
Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign. |
| 02/07/1931 |
Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born. |
| 02/07/1931 |
Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born. |
| 02/07/1954 |
The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. |
| 02/07/1975 |
Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away. |
| 02/07/1981 |
61 die in circus fire in Bangalore. |
| 02/07/1983 |
Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta . |
| 02/07/1985 |
Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away. |
| 02/07/1990 |
Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997. |
| 02/07/1992 |
Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy. |
| 02/07/1993 |
Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time. |
| 02/07/1994 |
C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 02/07/1995 |
Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities. |
| 02/07/1997 |
Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
| 02/07/1999 |
Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi. |
| 02/07/2000 |
Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 02/02/1982 | Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras. |
| 12/27/1901 | Gandhiji moves resolution on South Africa at Congress. |
| 09/29/1991 | Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away. |
| 01/05/1982 | C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died. |
| 03/16/1977 | Sixth General Election of India begins. |
| 03/13/1963 | Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities. |
| 01/10/1967 | Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, laid the foundation stone of Women's University, Karnataka, founded to pay gratitude to Rani Chainema of Kitur. |
| 02/24/1995 | A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act. |
| 07/17/1935 | Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi. |
| 01/28/1984 | Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away. |
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