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Historical Event on 10/2/1982

Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
12/10/1857Veer Narayan Singh organised a small group and had an encounter with British army. He was charged treason and sentenced to death. He was executed publicly.
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
9/26/1996CBI chargesheeted Rao in St. Kitts case.
8/27/1870Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
2/16/1993Babur came to India , and conquered it through Sindh in his fifth attempt.