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Historical Event on 2/7/1931

Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
4/16/1930Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.
10/29/1992Komar Singh, the first Indian Ambassador to Israel, presented credentials to President Chain Herzog in Jerusalem.
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
3/7/199922 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi.
9/5/1957Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
12/15/1943The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
4/24/1996BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.