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Historical Event on 5/2/1922
Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/9/1993 | Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300. |
| 3/26/1996 | Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket. |
| 8/20/1979 | Indian premier Charan Singh resigns. |
| 9/10/1872 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex. |
| 9/30/1997 | 24th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum. |
| 1/4/1914 | Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born. |
| 9/8/1897 | Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 9/22/1996 | Passport seekers are given an option of 10 years (Rs. 300) or 20 years (Rs. 600) period. |
| 2/19/1818 | Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away. |
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