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Historical Event on 5/2/1921
Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/14/1883 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London. |
| 3/3/1989 | Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant. |
| 4/30/1992 | Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes. |
| 8/16/1974 | A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977. |
| 12/5/1990 | With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers. |
| 7/6/1999 | The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault. |
| 4/5/1993 | K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's CM, defeats TDP's Renuka Chowdhary by 31,611 votes in the Panyam Assembly election. |
| 4/7/1993 | Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand. |
| 2/15/1992 | Sain Swami Gangeshwaranandji, chief of `Udasin Sampraday', passed away. |
| 1/25/1995 | India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties. |
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