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Historical Event on 5/22/1963

Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India.
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.
3/12/1996Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.
1/2/1991Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.
11/12/1896Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, explorer, ecologist, teacher, writer and bird watcher, was born.
3/14/1967Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia), was born in Gonda.
1/18/1999The office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is ransacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks protesting agains Pakistan team's tour of India. Shiv Sena denies hand in attack.
6/23/1895Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.