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Historical Event on 3/22/1709
It is assumed that Goswami Tulsidas started writing his great epic 'Ramcharitmanas' in Samvat 1631.
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| 7/13/1995 | Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away. |
| 1/4/1924 | Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born. |
| 10/31/1990 | Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead. |
| 12/21/1903 | Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born. |
| 10/28/1946 | Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar. |
| 10/6/1992 | Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died. |
| 4/11/1984 | Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 10/21/1981 | Kerala under central rule. |
| 4/7/1938 | Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat). |
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