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Historical Event on 5/22/1997
At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/31/1997 | Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant. |
| 2/6/1952 | George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted. |
| 2/18/1905 | Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma. |
| 10/16/1999 | A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly. |
| 7/19/1965 | Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 2/8/1907 | Madhavravji Golwalkar, sarsanghchalak of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born. |
| 3/21/1998 | Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate. |
| 9/11/1948 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died. |
| 8/15/1972 | Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced. |
| 9/24/1992 | Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges. |
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