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Historical Event on 2/7/1981
61 die in circus fire in Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/26/1998 | Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation. |
| 1/5/1659 | Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad. |
| 1/27/1994 | 55 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die. |
| 3/16/1902 | A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala. |
| 3/14/1895 | Nihalsing Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governer of Rajasthan, was born. |
| 9/28/1924 | In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death. |
| 6/13/1965 | Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune. |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 2/3/1990 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest. |
| 1/4/1966 | ndo-Pak Summit, the peace talk between Pakistan and Indian leaders, started at Tashkent. The prominent personalities were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Gen. Ayub Khan. |
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