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Historical Event on 12/22/1877

Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
12/25/1846Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
1/1/1995Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi.
9/21/1992The Officers Training School (OTS) women were inducted into the Army as Officers, and the onerous task of training the Lady Cadets of WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTS.
7/23/1923Navinchandra Chimanlal Pandya, great educationist, was born at Prantij, Ahmedabad.
12/27/1976Yashpal, modern hindi litterateur, passed away.
9/20/1996Arunachal Chief Minister Apang resigns and forms new party Arunachal Congress.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.