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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"".
Other Historical Dates and Events |
10/14/1884 | Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi. |
12/21/1956 | The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted. |
5/5/1989 | Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away. |
8/5/1909 | Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh. |
8/27/1978 | Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland. |
8/3/1905 | Uma Datt Sraswat, famous writer, was born at Biswan in U.P. |
12/3/1992 | Indian, UN Operations in Mozambique begins (ONUMOZ - Dec 92 to Oct 94) |
2/8/1999 | Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi. |
11/11/1999 | Mr. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, leaves for Durban summit of the Commonhealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM). |
2/26/1937 | Manmohan Desai, film producer and director, was born. |
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