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Historical Event on 7/22/1997

Bus plummets into the swollen Usri river in Giridih dist, Bihar, killing 70.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/28/1993Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.
8/6/1994Hajratbal' was handed over to Muslim Auwkaf Trust.
11/14/1919Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily news paper ""Marathawada"", was born.
9/17/1997Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
9/23/1997India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
10/13/1999Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India.