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Historical Event on 5/2/1982

Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1983Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29.
9/19/1991Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947.
11/7/1998The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
12/11/1991Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march).
10/16/1788Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.
11/6/1910Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
1/17/1925Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore.