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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
7/12/1947Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.
4/18/1859Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny.
4/23/1994Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League.
4/30/1843Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, marathi novelist and editor, was born.
2/16/1994Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar.
8/19/1927Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
1/1/1914Dhirendra Nath Mukherji, social worker, was born at Bankura, West Bengal.