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Historical Event on 2/2/1915

Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
1/12/1990Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles.
12/16/1971Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan.
8/17/1780Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
3/23/199710 Dalits killed in Kab village of Bihar by Ranbir Sena, a pro-landlord extremist organisation.
7/9/1755E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War.