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Historical Event on 2/2/2000

The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
7/2/1993Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law.
11/1/1978Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was converted from College of Agriculture to University.
9/8/1972Vijay Singh Chauhan sets record for decathlon by 7378/7306 points at Munich.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
11/27/1972Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan.