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Historical Event on 7/22/1678
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/5/1992 | D.D. Lapang takes over as the new CM of Meghalaya. |
| 2/16/1980 | The first visible Total Solar Eclipse of the 20th Century was seen. This succeeded the total solar eclipse after 22 June 1898. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada). |
| 7/6/1942 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter and editor of ""Janma Bhoomi"", died due to non-medical facility and mal-nutrition in Jail. She has also written ""Karagaar Ke Anubhav"" in 1930. She was arrested for Satyagrah and forcefully closing of Foreign Goods. |
| 3/3/1906 | Trailokyanath Goswami, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Nalbari, Assam . |
| 2/28/1963 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, passed away at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna. |
| 1/8/1884 | Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society. |
| 2/22/1854 | Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'. |
| 1/9/1976 | President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution. |
| 3/26/1987 | Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
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