7 FEB HISTORY EVENTS

Today in Indian History Events for February 7

7-February-1273Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away.

7-February-1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.

7-February-1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.

7-February-1856Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.

7-February-1864P. S. S. Iyyer, famous lawyer and educationalist, was born.

7-February-1908Manmanath Gupta was born.

7-February-1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.

7-February-1931Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born.

7-February-1931Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.

7-February-1954The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra se Shakti"" was

7-February-1975Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away.

7-February-198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.

7-February-1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .

7-February-1985Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away.

7-February-1990Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.

7-February-1992Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy.

7-February-1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.

7-February-1994C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.

7-February-1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.

7-February-1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.

7-February-1999Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi.

7-February-2000Kamaluddin Ahmed, former APCC(I) president and four times Congress MP, joins the BJP.