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Historical Event on 11/22/1873
Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/17/1997 | I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October. |
12/20/1978 | Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment. |
9/17/1998 | Rabri Devi, Chief Minister of Bihar, expands the Cabinet, inducting nine ministers, even as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) group formally withdraws support to her ministry. |
10/31/1990 | Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley. |
5/20/1999 | The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party. |
2/20/1847 | Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established. |
6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
3/26/1938 | Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away. |
12/12/1961 | Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu. |
1/11/1994 | Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away. |
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