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Historical Event on 1/22/1903

Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1961Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
8/1/1955Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P.
10/1/1990Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations.
5/5/1993Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs.
5/5/1993Saint Namdev passed away.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
7/30/1920Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.
5/12/1998Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT.