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Historical Event on 5/22/1936

Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
5/31/1977Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals.
8/10/1904Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
3/1/1987A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"".
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
10/16/1992Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
7/1/1909Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.