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Historical Event on 1/22/1906
Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/26/1919 | Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held. |
1/5/1671 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals. |
3/14/1910 | Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta. |
1/22/1992 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. |
7/24/1996 | Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. |
7/24/1994 | Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India. |
11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
4/11/1999 | Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar. |
5/28/1925 | Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born. |
10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
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