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Historical Event on 8/2/1942
Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1986 | Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96). |
| 9/19/1704 | Guru Govind Singh died. |
| 10/14/1885 | Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P. |
| 5/27/1910 | Robert Koch, famous French scientist, passed away. |
| 9/10/1943 | Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged. |
| 12/22/1843 | Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish. |
| 5/10/1981 | The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay). |
| 8/9/1911 | Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay. |
| 11/29/1945 | Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended. |
| 2/3/1760 | Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir. |
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