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Historical Event on 12/22/1871
Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/1865 | Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born. |
| 7/16/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973. |
| 1/4/1932 | Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants. |
| 10/5/1932 | Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/4/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to one year imprisonment. |
| 2/22/1854 | Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'. |
| 4/14/1998 | Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president. |
| 2/17/1994 | Chimanbhai Patel, chief minister of Gujrat, passed away at the age of 65 years. |
| 6/15/1948 | Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away. |
| 6/5/1961 | Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979. |
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