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Historical Event on 11/22/1916

Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1999Uman J. Shah is sworn in West Bengal Governor.
4/16/1963Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
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.
5/14/1992LTTE banned in India.
11/23/1993'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur.
9/26/1996High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case.
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
12/8/1992World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.