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Historical Event on 8/22/1919
Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/12/1860 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73. |
5/10/1996 | Congress Chief Ministers of Assam, Haryana & Pondicherry resign. |
12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
6/1/1995 | Kanshi Ram (Bahujan Samaj Party) withdraws support to the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led government in UP and stakes claim to form a new government. |
3/3/1839 | Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
7/14/1969 | 85 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur. |
2/1/1985 | Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test. |
2/19/1994 | Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration. |
7/26/1927 | Gulabrai Sipahahimalani Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India), was born in Karachi. |
6/1/1964 | Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'. |
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