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Historical Event on 5/2/1977

C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1921Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
7/3/1972Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto.
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
8/13/1913Khawtin Khuma, politician, was born at Phuldungsei, Tripura.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
2/17/1991Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away.
5/13/1962Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
2/3/1998The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code.