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Historical Event on 3/22/1885
Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/29/1953 | Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated. |
| 1/29/1953 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 4/1/1920 | S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi. |
| 6/30/1986 | Mizoram became the state of India. |
| 10/17/1999 | Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla. |
| 3/13/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947. |
| 7/25/1992 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997. |
| 1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 3/26/1980 | Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
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