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Historical Event on 6/6/1922

Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.
1/12/1953Patel Chest Institute opened by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. All India Khadi Board constituted with centre at Bombay.
9/22/2000Kerala High Court suspends the sentence awarded by the Kottayam Special Court on 32 accused in the Suryanelli rape case.
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
6/19/1747Nadirshaha passed away.
5/17/1927A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.