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Historical Event on 5/22/1917

Suniti Chaudhary, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Kumilla. She was one of the accused in the famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1973Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
7/28/1972India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
3/16/1901Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
5/7/1907Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.