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Historical Event on 9/22/1937

The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1985Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.
8/4/1929Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
7/1/1962Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
7/4/1897Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan).
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
11/2/1871Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, famous editor of monthly magzine 'Manoranjan', was born.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.