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Historical Event on 7/22/1987
A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1972 | In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 3/29/1990 | Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away. |
| 5/14/1907 | Muhammad Ayub Khan, Pakistani president, was born. |
| 1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 5/16/1986 | V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 1/22/1993 | A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off. |
| 11/15/1992 | Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban |
| 5/13/2000 | The Union Government gives its approval for the creation of the three new states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh to be carved out of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. |
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