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Historical Event on 2/7/1922
Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
| 12/1/1974 | Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away. |
| 3/15/1993 | Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200. |
| 9/28/1837 | Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II. |
| 4/19/1997 | I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda. |
| 4/15/1926 | Gurvel Singh Pannu, famous Hindi writer, was born in Lauhka, Punjab. |
| 6/1/1947 | Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born. |
| 4/24/1959 | Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie. |
| 8/8/1923 | Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India. |
| 5/11/1985 | Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence. |
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