What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 22nd May in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 22nd May.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- Padmanabh Singh was born on 12 July 1998. Their marriage, which was characterized as a member of the former royal family of Jaipur State in Rajasthan, India, marrying the lowly son of an employee, was seen as a social mismatch and caused much angst at the time. When the couple drifted apart, Bhawani Singh, who had himself opposed the marriage but then officiated in a low-key ceremony, adopted Padmanabh Singh as his heir in 2002.
- Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (born 22 May 1959 in Akhran Nowpora, Anantnag district in India) is the president of the Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. She is the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his wife Gulshan Nazir.
- 1772– Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal.
Death anniversaries on 22nd May:
- Sher Shah Suri (1486 – May 22, 1545) birth name Farid Khan, also known as Sher Khan (The Lion King), was the founder of the Muslim Sur Empire in the Indian subcontinent, with its capital at Delhi.
- The “Great” Gama (ca.1880 – May 22, 1963) also known as “Gama Pahelvan” and “Lion of the Punjab”, born Ghulam Muhammad, in Amritsar, Punjab, British India, was a Pakistani renowned wrestler, warrior and a practitioner of Pehlwani wrestling.
Notable Events:
- 1987-“The ghastly incident [of the Hashimpura Massacre] had stirred the conscience of the nation, as the outrage it caused in the average citizen was more than that felt against terrorist violence, as the killers in this case were those who were supposed to be protectors.”
- 2010 – Air India Express Boeing 737 flight, crashed upon landing at Mangalore in India, killing 158 of the 166 people on board.
- 1936-Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
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