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Historical Event on 2/7/1999
Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/7/1999 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
| 5/24/1813 | Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born. |
| 3/31/1992 | Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy. |
| 4/23/1751 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 9/10/1911 | Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh. |
| 1/14/1948 | First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published. |
| 9/8/1887 | Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli. |
| 3/3/1952 | The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections. |
| 8/28/1667 | Sardar Jay Singh I, the famous king- Mirza Raja, a ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur) also in Aurangzeb's kingdom, passed away at Barhanpur. |
| 5/5/1930 | Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year. |
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