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Historical Event on 5/22/1996
Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1995 | Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill. |
| 11/16/1983 | Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game. |
| 7/4/1986 | Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston. |
| 10/24/1991 | Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years. |
| 2/24/1948 | The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February. |
| 7/27/1986 | The Supreme Court orders all-India test for medical seats. |
| 3/7/1952 | Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles. |
| 3/28/1995 | Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away. |
| 10/2/1954 | Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal. |
| 9/18/1995 | Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died. |
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