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Historical Event on 5/22/1997
At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/24/1881 | Ram Rachhpal, son of Sukhi Ram, called 'Chhotu', freedom fighter, politician and leader, was born in a 'Jat' famlily in a small village Garhi Sampla in Rohpak district. His life was a saga of sincere and ceaseless striving to improve the condition of the poor peasants in India, popularly known as 'Deenbandhu'. |
| 2/25/1977 | Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun. |
| 7/9/1969 | India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus). |
| 3/9/1961 | Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 4/24/1932 | 450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress. |
| 6/29/2000 | The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties. |
| 11/14/1955 | Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President. |
| 10/2/1979 | Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched. |
| 1/25/1932 | Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 9/5/1957 | Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha. |
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