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Historical Event on 4/22/1994

Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1912B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born.
7/16/1996The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
3/23/1931Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution).
7/13/1990Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.
11/25/1879Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement.
1/16/1938Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
10/18/2000Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.