Historical Events -  July 22.

1908: Lokmanya Tilak was sentenced to 6 years in prison for writing an infamous article on the ‘country’s misfortune’.

1931: Vasudev Balwant Gogte Gun fired at Sir John Hotson, the governor of Mumbai province, in the library of Ferguson College. Hotson survived.

1942 :Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto began.

1944: Communist rule began in Poland.

1981: India’s first geostationary satellite APPLE started functioning.

2019: India’s lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2 successfully took off from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota aiming to be the fourth nation to soft-land on the moon.

Famous Birthdays – July 22

1898: Pandit Vinayak Patwardhan, an Indian vocalist of Gwalior Gharana of Indian classical music.

1915: Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, a Pakistani politician from Bengal, diplomat, and author. 

1923: Mukesh, an Indian playback singer.

1923: Sumitra Devi, an Indian actress.

1925: Daasarathi Krishnamacharya, a Telugu poet, and writer.

1930: Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, an Indian American mathematician.

1933: C. V. Sridhar, an Indian screenwriter, and film director. 

1959: Ajit Pawar, an Indian politician.

1970: Devendra Fadnavis, an Indian politician. He served as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

1992: Selena Gomez, an American singer, actress, and producer.

 

Death Anniversaries -  July 22

1918: Indra Lal Roy, the sole Indian World War I flying ace. 

1937: Kottarathil Sankunni, an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. 

1948: Hemendranath Majumdar, an Indian painter.