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Historical Event on 2/5/1922

Amar Nath Sehgal, sculptor, was born at Campbellpur (W. Pakistan). His important works are ""Voice of Africa (Ghana-1958)"", A Cricketer (1961) and Mahatma Gandhi, Amritsar, To space Unknown (bronze, Moscow-1963)"", etc.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1997School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children.
12/19/1999The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
7/14/1998India is elected chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standing panel on information technology in relation to Intellectual Property Rights.
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
1/20/1949Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra.
2/16/1905Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
4/17/1990Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).