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Historical Event on 1/21/1922

V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1939Radical Subhas Chandra Rose beats Gandhi's candidature to become Indian President.
6/30/2000The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council adopts a resolution seeking separation from J&K.
8/5/1999Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
7/29/1980India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
12/12/1971Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died.