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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
3/12/1969Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
8/7/1941Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
10/14/1999Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan.
10/1/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
3/18/1991West Bengal opts for assembly poll.
2/12/200017 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly.