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Historical Event on 12/22/1947
Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/13/2000 | The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate. |
| 4/27/1606 | Jahangir arrested Khusroo. |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 3/18/1992 | Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away. |
| 9/9/1999 | Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award. |
| 7/12/1994 | India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad. |
| 9/2/1960 | Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away. |
| 2/3/1928 | Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival. |
| 5/8/1994 | Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away. |
| 8/10/1992 | P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died. |
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