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Historical Event on 5/22/1991

Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/4/1914Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born.
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
3/21/1996Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
12/20/1987Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) in 76th Tennis Davis Cup .
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.