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Historical Event on 7/22/1997

Bus plummets into the swollen Usri river in Giridih dist, Bihar, killing 70.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1997Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
8/4/1931Narendra Shankar Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950's), was born in Bombay.
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
8/18/1985Assam Assembly dissolved (18).
8/7/1906First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
10/3/1997Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.