In the history of 7 February, the major events that took place in the country and the world are as follows-
1856: The East India Company dethroned Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh (now Central Uttar Pradesh) on 7 February 1856 and Awadh was added to the East India Company. The land of thousands of landlords, soldiers, farmers and Nawab’s supporters and soldiers of Awadh was snatched away. This incident became the cause of the first rebellion against the East India Company. Awadh was the biggest center of the revolution of 1857.
1898: Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar, wife of Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, was born on 7 February 1898 in Dabhol, Maharashtra.
1904: One of the largest fire incidents in American history. Today, more than 1500 buildings were burnt in the fire that broke out in Baltimore.
1904: Revolutionary and writer Manmathanath Gupta was born on this day in Varanasi. He was one of the Indian freedom fighters and revolutionaries. He was also involved in the famous Kakori incident of 1925. At that time his age was only 17 years.
1931: Motilal Nehru, father of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and freedom fighter, died on 7 February 1931.
1939: Palestine Conference begins in London. Prime Minister Chamberlain requested a reconciliation between the Jews and the Arab representatives.
1962: President John F. Kennedy imposed a complete trade embargo on Cuba.
1964: British music band The Beatles arrive in America. Crores of people watched his show.
1969: Al Fatah leader Yasser Arafat became president of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
1974: Grenada got independence from Britain.
1983: Establishment of Eastern News Agency in Calcutta.
1986: Due to political instability, Haiti’s President Jean-Claude Duvalier fled to France with America’s help.
1989: Bjorn Borg, the uncrowned king of the tennis world, attempted suicide in Milan.
1992: India’s first indigenous submarine INS Shalki was inducted into the Indian Navy. This was a big achievement in the direction of self-reliant India, long before ‘Make in India’.
1999: A few hours after the death of King Hussein of Jordan, his son Abdullah became the ruler of the country.
2005: Britain’s Ellen MacArthur circumnavigated the world in her yacht in record time.
2021: On this day, many people lost their lives due to glacier burst in Chamoli, Uttarakhand and the hydro project was destroyed.
