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Historical Event on 5/2/1922

Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
5/27/1999IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.
4/20/1992U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away.
9/3/1995Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
9/8/2000Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.
11/25/1993National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, celebrated its platinum jubilee in 1993 by organizing several scientific activities throughout the year, culminating in the International Symposium on Nutrition during November 25-27, 1993.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
1/3/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.