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Historical Event on 7/4/1922

Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1993Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
4/20/1887Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born.
12/4/1998Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
7/26/1922Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born.
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.