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Historical Event on 8/2/1922

Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
6/23/1993Motilal Vohra made governor of UP.
4/1/1947Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.
2/16/1968Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
11/7/1995Lukose Leelamma at Pune sets record for 10,000m (Women) in 34.33.50.
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
3/26/199914 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.
5/11/1888Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born.