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Historical Event on 5/22/1772
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/1/1999 | SC refuses to interfere with the Delhi High Court order in TRAI case. |
| 6/23/1953 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention. |
| 11/29/1994 | M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission. |
| 4/29/1924 | Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born. |
| 7/15/1991 | Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died. |
| 10/11/1941 | Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born. |
| 10/11/1996 | Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial. |
| 12/5/1990 | With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers. |
| 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. |
| 12/14/1953 | Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born. |
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