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Historical Event on 1/22/1899

Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1965U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
7/28/1994Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report.
10/5/1878First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.
9/20/1886Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, was born at Sibsagar.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
10/11/1902Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.
10/15/1943Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.