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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
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
11/2/190850 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
3/2/1952Sindri Fertilizer Factory, Bihar, formally inaugurated by Nehru. It was the first Government owned company.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
3/3/1906Trailokyanath Goswami, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Nalbari, Assam .