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Historical Event on 2/7/1931

Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1971Indira Gandhi wins majority in Parliament.
2/7/1990Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.
8/15/1772Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company.
12/19/1927Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association.
11/1/1991J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.
3/30/1977Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party.
8/5/1986Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader, died. The vision of secession for Sri Lanka's Tamil minority may have come to an end. But so, too, might the violence that the nation had endured. Today, Tamil rebel leader Vellupillai Prabakaran accepted the peace accord signed last week by India and Sri Lanka. Prabakaran surrendered to Indian forces and his men turned over their weapons. The pact is seen as a compromise by the co-signers. But to the dejected Tamil leader, who has fought since childhood for a Tamil victory, it was a stinging defeat. The treaty creates an autonomous multi-religious zone in the eastern and northern provinces. The rebels dreamed and passed away for a separate state of their own.
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
11/19/1991Two national commissions on women set up.