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Historical Event on 6/22/1955
Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1992 | India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 5/2/1769 | Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born. |
| 3/26/1987 | Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 1/10/1993 | India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40. |
| 5/11/1965 | The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born. |
| 6/22/1948 | Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada). |
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