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Historical Event on 5/2/1921

Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1919King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
6/20/1995Mayavati Government wins vote of confidence.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
10/13/1991Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.
12/4/1991Lok Sabha approves a vital bill seeking to bring sick public sector units within the purview of the BIFR.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).
6/6/1903Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.