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Historical Event on 2/7/1856

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
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1/8/1947Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.
12/17/1998P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
12/28/1932Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
6/4/1902Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.