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Historical Event on 10/22/1908
John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/13/1930 | Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
| 3/4/1895 | Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born. |
| 2/2/1996 | Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams. |
| 9/21/1984 | National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985. |
| 1/29/1976 | Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi. |
| 1/29/1976 | Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan. |
| 5/4/1980 | Coal Mine Worker's Day established. |
| 2/13/1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. |
| 4/1/1855 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published. |
| 12/1/1928 | The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta. |
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