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Historical Event on 5/2/1982

Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
4/11/1913Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh 
4/11/1913Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India.
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
8/20/1997Premananda, self-styled godman, sentenced by Pudukottai district and sessions court to life imprisonment for two terms and a fine of Rs. 66.4 lakhs for rape of 13 inmates of his ashram and murder of a male inmate.
4/15/1947The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence.
4/13/1699Khalsa Panth established.
8/15/1872Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.
1/25/1989Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.