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Historical Event on 5/22/1927
M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1970 | Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi. |
| 7/1/1947 | Sharad NandKishore Yadav was born in Babai, Distt. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh). |
| 1/1/1949 | A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 1/16/1919 | Nasikrao Khantadu Tirpude, former Duputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 10/27/1605 | Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhea or dysentery at the age of 63 years. After his death his body was buried at a mausoleum in Sikandra, Agra. |
| 8/25/1975 | Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 10/27/1999 | P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 9/4/1998 | Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing. |
| 7/23/1993 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle. |
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