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Historical Event on 4/22/1812

Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1941Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India.
9/30/1996Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
11/14/1914Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.
2/1/1976Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978.
6/2/1993Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
12/6/1929British Viceroy meets with Indian leaders to discuss dominion status for India.
5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
1/17/1952The pension work of CDA (Factories), Calcutta and the Defence civilians in ordnance factories was transferred to the office of the CDA (P), Allahabad.