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Historical Event on 2/2/1989

France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1906Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
1/6/1942Four of the flight's six aircraft were promptly lost to Japanese bombing and No. 4 Flight gave place in Moulmein to No. 3 Flight which had meanwhile re-equipped with four ex-RAF Blenheim ls. B-314 completed first commercial flight around the world.
1/6/1942Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat.
2/28/1918Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
11/11/1992S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
10/16/1997Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).
8/18/2000The Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by former Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat challenging his dismissal from service and the consequent direction stripping him of the title Admiral.