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Historical Event on 2/7/1856
Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/8/1864 | Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912. |
| 1/22/1997 | Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case. |
| 7/27/1910 | Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
| 5/20/1976 | Oil production started from Bombay High. |
| 2/27/1996 | Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt. |
| 7/6/1901 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and leader, was born at Calcutta. He was the founder of the ""Bharatiya Jana Sangh"", of which BJP is the successor party. His father Sir Asutosh was widely known in Bengal. |
| 4/20/1989 | R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court. |
| 7/5/1993 | Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal. |
| 5/10/1996 | Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign. |
| 10/20/1990 | Andhra Pradesh Government announces a five-day week for all offices and educational institutions from November 01, 1990. |
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