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Historical Event on 8/2/1922

Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1616Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.
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5/19/1980Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
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10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
11/9/1997Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.
5/23/1993Channa Reddy,Rajasthan Governor, shifted to Tamil Nadu. Motilal Vohra appointed in UP and B. Satyanarayan Reddy moved to Orissa.