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Historical Event on 1/22/1901
Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.
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| 8/14/1996 | Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died. |
| 5/17/1865 | Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 2/17/1698 | Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege. |
| 5/27/1964 | Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India. |
| 9/18/1879 | Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born. |
| 11/8/1948 | Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy. |
| 8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
| 11/13/1998 | Pravabati Devi (88), freedom fighter and `Mother Teresa of Orissa', dies at the orphanage set up by her at Chharchanpali. |
| 3/15/1831 | First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji. |
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