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Historical Event on 8/2/1922

Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1999Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
6/8/1936Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
10/11/1927Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad.
7/3/1941Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
7/2/1941Muhammad Baqa Jilani, one Test for India, 0-55, died at the age of 29.
2/10/1990Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.