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Historical Event on 7/2/1950

Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
8/8/1967Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
12/25/1932King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech.
1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
10/4/1997Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, became inoperable due to power bus anomaly. This satellite had capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries.
1/1/1989Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
11/5/1892John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.
5/30/1887The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot.