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Historical Event on 11/22/1993

Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1994Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community.
3/30/1994Father 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.
10/15/1888Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'.
5/5/1983Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
9/14/1933Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India.
10/18/1996Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.
1/8/1964Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago.
1/26/1930Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi march to protest against the Salt Act of the British and the same day Indians swore to get 'Total' Swaraj and organised the day as Swaraj Day.
6/1/1842Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.