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Historical Event on 1/22/1877

Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam.

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4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
5/7/1958Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
6/9/1999The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.