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Historical Event on 2/7/1922

Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1969Humayun Kabir, great politician, died.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
7/22/1959Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government.
5/26/1935Swami Mrigendra Channaya, great Social Scientist in Maharashtra, was born.
5/12/1995Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act.
6/30/1986Mizoram became the state of India.
6/16/1950Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
11/8/1999The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.
5/27/2000In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.