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Historical Event on 5/22/1772
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal.
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| 8/4/1933 | Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order. |
| 8/4/1933 | Firuz Shah Tughluq(1351-88), nephew of Muhammad Tughluq, succeded as emperor of Delhi. |
| 5/25/1954 | Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away. |
| 3/10/1897 | Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. |
| 4/9/1756 | Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar. |
| 7/13/1912 | Shriman Narayan, educationist, administrator and diplomat, was born in Etawah, U.P. |
| 9/23/1908 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 12/9/1989 | Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/13/1999 | The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal. |
| 9/9/1997 | Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master. |
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