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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
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
5/30/1826The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
10/12/1860Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
4/1/1989UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
8/6/1920Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave.
2/3/1992Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).