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Historical Event on 2/22/1913

Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow.

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8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
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6/17/1950Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.