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Historical Event on 2/7/1795
Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/3/1956 | Pandit Nehru and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Sidney Holland are given the freedom of the City at London. |
2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
9/13/1998 | Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India. |
1/5/1968 | Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal. |
2/17/1980 | Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. |
5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
10/14/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur. |
5/6/1680 | Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned. |
2/6/1994 | Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait. |
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