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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 |
| 11/30/1974 | India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 12/23/1977 | Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born. |
| 5/9/1992 | Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant. |
| 12/15/1675 | Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. |
| 8/7/1990 | Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service. |
| 3/15/1946 | Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London. |
| 6/4/1997 | Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan. |
| 5/1/1897 | Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
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