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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 |
| 8/4/1936 | Indian Government Act was approved by the king. |
| 4/20/2000 | A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 8/15/1997 | K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament. |
| 2/11/1933 | The outcome of the conference was that diarchy in the province was abolished, federal system was established in the center, Sindh was separated from Bombay, communal awards were started by the Prime Minister of Britain Sir Ramsay McDonald and White Paper on Indian reforms was published in 1933. |
| 5/27/1952 | United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader. |
| 12/31/1965 | Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 2/7/1992 | Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy. |
| 6/6/1907 | John Morley, U.K. Government State Secretary, declares ""it will not withdraw from India under any circumstances"". |
| 4/14/1659 | Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi. |
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