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Historical Event on 11/22/1916
Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India. |
| 8/1/1920 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay. |
| 5/3/1971 | Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away. |
| 5/3/1913 | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay. |
| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 6/21/1988 | Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar. |
| 5/9/1992 | Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant. |
| 11/23/1946 | Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away. |
| 11/20/1999 | P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government. |
| 3/29/1992 | The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar. |
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