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Historical Event on 1/22/1858

Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1818The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad.
6/18/1979Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
2/3/1984Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
7/4/1985Police inquiry said bombs caused Air India jet disaster in New Delhi.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
7/9/1755E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War.