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Historical Event on 7/22/1987

A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1929Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
12/20/1920Justice Ali Sayyed Murtuza Fazal  was born.
4/30/1870Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter.
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
1/29/1781First Newspaper, J.A.Hickey's Bengal Gazette - January 29, 1781.
6/8/199255-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
8/29/1974Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charansingh.