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Historical Event on 5/2/1968

Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
11/16/1883Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.
11/22/1988Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
12/22/1939When Britain declared war against the Germans it appealed for help from all political parties. Congress put up some conditions which in other words were the immediate transfer of power. The Viceroy promised to give due consideration to the suggestions of each party and that the dominion status would be given after the war. Congress in order to pressurize the Govt. boycotted all ministries and started a civil disobedience movement and eventually resigned. Jinnah declared 22nd Dec 1939 as ""Day of Deliveranc
10/23/1996Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
7/31/1907Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous ancient researcher and mathematician, was born.
2/23/1993India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.
2/12/1997Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.