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Historical Event on 2/2/1989
France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/6/1905 | Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'. |
| 4/13/1972 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 4/8/1831 | Ram Mohan Roy landed in England. |
| 8/1/1992 | S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993. |
| 1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
| 7/16/1914 | N. E. Balram, communist leader, died. |
| 11/18/1911 | Free primary school education is introduced. |
| 4/15/1947 | Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace. |
| 2/2/1921 | Mukundrao Kirloskar was born. |
| 9/10/1923 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away. |
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