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Historical Event on 5/22/1993

Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
4/29/2000The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
1/23/1975Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.