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Historical Event on 12/22/1871
Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/16/1991 | Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%. |
| 10/23/1999 | A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst. |
| 1/19/1966 | Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs. |
| 8/12/1996 | Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case. |
| 11/7/1933 | Gaandhiji commences Harijan-upliftment tour. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 7/18/1993 | Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service. |
| 9/2/1894 | Vinayak Mishra, famous Oriya litterateur, critic and historian, was born. |
| 4/4/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com. |
| 2/1/1967 | Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away. |
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