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Historical Event on 1/21/1922

V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1902Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary).
2/17/1992S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away.
4/18/1914Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur.
12/25/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
4/17/1946Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
3/20/1926For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London.
9/20/1999Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000.
11/1/1954French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.