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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
5/7/1912Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.
3/23/199710 Dalits killed in Kab village of Bihar by Ranbir Sena, a pro-landlord extremist organisation.
10/20/1752The grateful Wazir induced the emperor to make Badan Singh the 'Raja' with the title of Mahendra, and Suraj Mal the 'Mumar Bahadur' with the title of Rajendra.
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
4/15/1942George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
7/4/1897Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan).
7/4/1897Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
12/20/1994The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN.
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.