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Historical Event on 2/5/1922
Amar Nath Sehgal, sculptor, was born at Campbellpur (W. Pakistan). His important works are ""Voice of Africa (Ghana-1958)"", A Cricketer (1961) and Mahatma Gandhi, Amritsar, To space Unknown (bronze, Moscow-1963)"", etc.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
| 5/8/1962 | Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal. |
| 9/13/1928 | Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 5/3/1971 | Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away. |
| 3/3/1930 | Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik. |
| 11/27/1946 | London announces parley on India; Muslims accept, Hindus decline. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 3/3/1885 | Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt). |
| 10/14/1910 | Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967. |
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