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Historical Event on 5/22/1991

Shripad Amrit Dange, veteran communist leader, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/29/1998Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
1/18/1948Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.
6/2/1990Union Government set up a tribunal to settle the Cauvery water issue between Tamil Nadu & Karnataka.
7/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
7/18/1909Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.