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Historical Event on 11/22/1988

Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1989Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
11/20/1999P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
9/14/199778 persons die and around 250 are injured as four bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah Express de-rail while crossing a bridge on Hasdeo river near Champa Railway Station in Bilaspur district, Madhya Pradesh.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
3/27/1767Khanderao Holkar, one of the Generals in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
4/28/1740Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.