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Historical Event on 5/22/1997

At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1862Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.
7/1/1955S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957.
10/10/1990Marxist extremists set fire to a crowded train in Andhra Pradesh killing more than 60.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
7/3/1991Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .
1/5/1893Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
11/20/1969The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.