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Historical Event on 7/22/1993

Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/24/1991The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
5/26/1931Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi.
3/19/1944Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag for the first time in North East India. On this event Bimal Roy produced the film 'Pehla Aadmi'.
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
6/12/1997Sitaram Kesri elected president of Congress I (6224 votes. Sharad Pawar-888; Rajesh Pilot-354).
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
1/24/1994Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
9/2/1911Chamaklal Dahyabhai Vyas, great poet, was born at Gujarat, Vyara.