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Historical Event on 7/22/1991

Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1994Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
10/20/1999Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
10/25/1951First General Election of India begins.
9/4/1983INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.
9/26/1977Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.
2/22/1993Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours.
5/7/1994Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.