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Historical Event on 5/22/1963

Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
10/23/1973Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died.
2/14/1959Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
6/2/1990Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan.
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
10/12/1993The first operational sortie in Somalia was undertaken with the Brigade Commander and his Deputy on board to recede the area of responsibility in and around Baidoa which was to be the bridage's permanent location.
1/30/1996Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard.
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
11/11/1793English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.