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Historical Event on 5/2/1922

Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1899Monks started living in Belur Math.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
10/2/1993Prime Minister's employment project started in urban areas.
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
1/21/1952Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.