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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 |
| 1/3/1880 | Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started. |
| 6/26/1906 | M.P. Sivagnanam, famous Tamil writer and social worker, was born at Madras. |
| 5/31/1977 | Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak. |
| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 2/10/1927 | Dashrathi (Dashrathi Krishnamacharya), famous Telgu poet, was born. |
| 12/27/1901 | Gandhiji moves resolution on South Africa at Congress. |
| 11/14/1969 | Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 6/14/1991 | Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed. |
| 8/5/1909 | Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 9/28/1965 | India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan. |
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