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Historical Event on 2/7/1985
Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1839 | Aden conquered by British East India Company. |
| 1/17/1925 | Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 5/27/1930 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement. |
| 3/9/1989 | Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India. |
| 12/21/2000 | Central Zone and South Zone are declared joint winners after the game ends in a tie in the final of the Deodhar Trophy one day cricket tournament in Lucknow. |
| 4/15/1794 | Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 2/19/1992 | A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura. |
| 10/18/1901 | Mahatma Gandhi sails for India. |
| 3/3/1999 | Four members of the forward Bhumihar community and alleged members of the Ranbir Sena are gunned down by an armed squad of the People's War Group in Bhimpura village of Jehanbad district in Bihar. |
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