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Historical Event on 12/16/1922

Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.

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7/27/1927Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born.
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8/19/1993Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.
5/9/1753Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi.
1/19/1855G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.
5/20/1964P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born.
5/29/1979Perminder Singh Sangha, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway.
7/27/1998Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
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