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Historical Event on 2/1/1971

Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
6/23/1920Kesri Jagannathrao Joshi, senior leader of Janata Party in Karnataka, was born.
6/22/1917Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin).
5/25/1995Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
3/29/1849Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
1/9/1994Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul.