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Historical Event on 5/22/1993

Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1991Sarkaria report accepted.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
5/21/1990Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
5/7/1849Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.
8/5/1905Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
10/27/1926Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar
9/29/1942The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession.
5/5/1932Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away.
12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.