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Historical Event on 5/22/1996
Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1918 | Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born. |
| 8/20/1955 | Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists. |
| 11/14/1681 | East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency. |
| 1/16/2000 | P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad. |
| 2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
| 8/15/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948. |
| 10/3/1913 | Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta. |
| 1/19/1997 | Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur. |
| 5/9/1998 | Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India. |
| 1/5/1869 | Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born. |
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