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Historical Event on 8/2/1922

Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
4/23/1994Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
7/17/1987V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.
11/9/1990JD expels Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel and UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav from Legislative wings and primary membership of the party.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
12/23/1964India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
1/11/1990R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).