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Historical Event on 3/22/1971

Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1994G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel.
7/18/1909Vishnu Dey, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Bengali poet, was born.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
8/25/1997Forest outlaw Veerappan seeks more time to decide on his surrender as per the terms of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka government.
11/19/1992M. Veerappa Moily selected to become the new CM of Karnataka.
11/10/1909Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke.
5/14/1914Ekanath Dattatreya Kulkarni, educationist and writer, was born at Bhaloni, Tal Pandharpur.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.