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Historical Event on 4/22/1812

Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.
6/6/1903A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience.
4/13/1989Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988.
8/5/1604John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized.
2/18/1998C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.
7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.
9/19/1911Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.