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Historical Event on 11/22/1773
Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1606 | Guru Arjun Dev, spiritual leader of Sikhs and Hindus, was massacred at the instruction of Emperor Jahangir. |
| 1/9/1935 | Britain signs the Trade Pack with India. |
| 10/17/1903 | 7th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary. |
| 7/14/1942 | Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank). |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 10/18/1879 | Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India. |
| 2/25/1923 | S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala. |
| 8/25/1994 | Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52. |
| 10/1/1854 | Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26. |
| 9/7/1968 | Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
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