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Historical Event on 1/22/1858

Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
1/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
10/20/1954Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom
2/15/1865Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
12/25/1771Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
10/5/1991Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years.