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Historical Event on 11/22/1872

Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1919M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore.
10/14/1999Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan.
4/5/1848Satara kingdom came to end.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
9/29/1991Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
3/25/1999Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.
7/23/1933Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, great leader, lawyer, social worker, freedom fighter, nationalist and president of Bengal Swaraj Party, died at Ranchi. He was addresed by the people of Bengal as 'Deshapriya' (Beloved of the Country).