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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 |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
| 1/1/1879 | Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born. |
| 12/16/1952 | Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people. |
| 12/8/1942 | Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra. |
| 9/29/1997 | IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites. |
| 9/14/1997 | Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51. |
| 1/3/1917 | Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born. |
| 4/21/1998 | Ashok Kumar, Special Secretary, Union Home Ministry, who headed a Central team to Tamil Nadu to assess the law and order situation, was transferred to the Planning Commission. |
| 1/14/1990 | J&K Governor quits. |
| 2/9/1917 | Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born. |
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