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Historical Event on 2/7/1856
Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/28/1909 | Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras. |
| 2/13/1994 | Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence. |
| 8/21/1990 | Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha . |
| 4/15/1992 | D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away. |
| 9/20/1993 | Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in Teheran on a three-day visit. |
| 1/26/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962. |
| 6/1/1998 | Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget. |
| 10/15/1977 | The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership. |
| 8/20/1997 | Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
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