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Historical Event on 8/2/1922

Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
4/9/1783Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India.
2/11/1906Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
12/10/1978Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
10/12/1997Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence.
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.