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Historical Event on 2/1/1917
Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1963 | Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi. |
| 3/29/1998 | The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
| 5/20/1878 | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away. |
| 3/20/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta. |
| 5/21/1999 | A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State. |
| 7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
| 7/31/1940 | Udham Singh, fiery revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by the British Government in the Pantone Villa Jail, London. |
| 9/27/1977 | Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971. |
| 3/28/1996 | JKLF declared unlawful by central govt. |
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