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Historical Event on 7/2/1999
Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/1885 | Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 8/29/1931 | Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India. |
| 12/25/1889 | Pandurangi Kodanda Rao, journalist, Hindi writer and social worker, was born in Visakhapatnam, A.P. |
| 9/16/1995 | Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State. |
| 3/26/1969 | Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar. |
| 2/19/1986 | Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station. |
| 9/3/1997 | Anjan (Lalji Pandey), well known lyricist and noted poet, died. |
| 7/7/1998 | Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again. |
| 11/25/1866 | Allahabad court was established for Uttar Pradesh territory, it sat in Agra with five Judges between 1866 and 1868. It also has a bench in Lucknow. |
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