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Historical Event on 6/22/1920
Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha.
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| 9/13/2000 | Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments. |
| 10/6/1935 | Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India. |
| 10/16/1992 | Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97 |
| 6/21/1906 | Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away. |
| 1/12/1948 | Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji. |
| 8/16/1997 | Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India. |
| 5/22/1991 | Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June. |
| 2/13/1999 | The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal. |
| 2/13/1999 | Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
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