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Historical Event on 1/22/1901

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"".

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5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
3/16/1946India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.
4/18/1970Dr. Dharmendra of the Indian Council of Medical Research awarded the Damien-Duttan Award for outstanding work in leprosy.
1/26/1995Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest.
7/29/1988Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.
7/28/199712 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
10/22/1983The Union government reduces the upper age limit for the Civil Services Examination from 28 years to 26 years.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
10/2/1869Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai.
8/25/1999Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi.