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Historical Event on 7/22/1998

24-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/12/1801William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
2/2/1986Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
10/25/1999US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
1/1/1972Indian states abolished the previous rulers of Privy purses and privileges.
10/13/1911Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died.
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
10/24/1975Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance