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Historical Event on 2/7/1985
Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/6/1858 | Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
| 6/6/1997 | New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being. |
| 8/12/1928 | The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors. |
| 7/7/1998 | Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again. |
| 1/1/1851 | Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'. |
| 2/12/1922 | Mahatma Gandhi announce the withdrawal of non-cooperation movement. |
| 7/1/1852 | For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi. |
| 5/12/1952 | Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. |
| 4/23/1774 | British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand. |
| 6/19/1901 | Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences. |
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