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Historical Event on 2/3/1992

Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
12/14/1962Bharathi Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's), was born in Vijayawada.
1/20/1990Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
6/25/1994Dinsha Pirosha Madan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, died.
12/26/1986Consumer Rights Act was passed.
3/29/1939Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
2/19/1812Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma).