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Historical Event on 1/22/1683

Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1994Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League.
5/12/1966Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns.
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.
1/4/1932Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants.
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
5/14/1998India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.
10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.