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Historical Event on 5/22/1992
India launches its 'Agni' rocket.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/21/2000 | J.W. Singh, suspended Mumbai High Court judge facing charges of extortion in nexus with the underworld, dismissed from judicial service. |
| 11/29/1953 | Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague. |
| 7/1/1930 | Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 6/6/1903 | A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience. |
| 2/1/1929 | Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born. |
| 8/20/1944 | Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born in Bombay. |
| 12/1/1894 | Bhim Sen Sachar, freedom fighter, leader and Chief Minister of Punjab, was born. |
| 11/25/1998 | Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways. |
| 3/1/1910 | The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling. |
| 11/20/1859 | Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away. |
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