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Historical Event on 8/2/1922

Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1996Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
11/25/1992Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM.
1/18/1998India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.
12/10/1984Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
5/1/1995SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.
3/14/1995Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.