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Historical Event on 1/22/1973

Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
1/22/1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.
12/24/1809Christopher ""Kit"" Carson, KY, union brig-general and Indian fighter, was born.
6/18/1996CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.
9/16/1932Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
5/6/1922Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
2/28/1985M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).