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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
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
1/17/1999Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.
12/21/1989V. P. Singh wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
1/14/1994C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away.
11/3/1999Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal.
3/19/1936Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born.
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.