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Historical Event on 2/7/1990

Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
10/6/1992Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died.
2/27/1999Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent.
9/9/1850Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.
12/28/1885Allian Octavian Hume, a Scotsman, founded National Union and it held its first meeting in Bombay Tejpal Hall. The first session of Indian National Congress started under the Presidentship of Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee.
4/2/1997Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.
12/9/1946The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.
10/14/1910Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
11/21/1899Harekrushna Mahtab, freedom fighter, politician, industrialist and writer, was born at Agarpara district Balasore, Orissa.
5/1/1927Dr. Namwar Singh was born.