22 July in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 22 July is the birth anniversary of Mukesh Chand Mathur, Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis, and Armaan Malik.
22 July is also observed as the death anniversary of Yatindra Mohan Sengupta, and Muttu Lakshmi Reddy.
Birth Anniversary
22 July in Indian history is celebrated as the birth anniversary of the following personalities:
Mukesh Chand Mathur (22 July 1923 – 27 August 1976), popularly known simply as Mukesh, was a prominent playback singer of Hindi cinema. Mukesh’s voice was very beautiful but Motilal, a distant relative of his, recognized him when he heard him singing at his sister’s wedding. Motilal took them to Bombay and allowed them to stay in his house. In 1959, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer for the song ‘Sab Kuch Sicha Humne Na Seekhi Hoshiyari’ from the film Anari. In 1974, Mukesh received the National Film Award for the song “Kai Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai” in the film Rajnigandha. He was Bron on 22 July 1923 in Delhi India.
Vinayak Rao Patwardhan (22 July 1898 – 23 August 1975), a singer of Hindustani classical music. Vinayak Rao Patwardhan was a great singer of his time among the disciples of Pt. Vishnudigambar Paluskar. In the year 1932, by establishing ‘Gandharva Mahavidyalaya’, Poona, he did lifelong music service. He also wrote many textbooks, in which ‘Raga-Vigyan’ is prominent. In 1972, Vinayakrao Patwardhan was honored with the title of ‘Padma Bhushan’ by the Government of India. He was Bron on 22 July 1898 in Miraj, Maharashtra.
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis, an Indian politician who is the current Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Devendra was also served as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (CM), Fadnavis began his political career in the mid-nineties.[8] Since that time he served in multiple leadership roles for both his political party and as an elected representative. As a college student, He was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was Bron on 22 July 1970 in Nagpur India.
Armaan Malik, an Indian singer, songwriter, record producer, voice-over, performer, and actor. Malik was known for his singing in multiple languages, including Hindi, English, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Malayalam. He is also known as “Prince of Romance”. He is He got many Awards including Global Indian Music Awards (GiMA) and the best playback singer award at BIG Star Entertainment Award in 2015. Malik was Bron on 22 July 1995 (26) in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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Death Anniversary
22 July in Indian history is observed as the death anniversary of the following personalities:
Yatindra Mohan Sengupta (22 February 1885 – 22 July 1933), the main hero of the Indian freedom struggle. He completed his barrister from England in 1909 AD. He started advocacy in the Kolkata High Court and at the same time always worked for the welfare of the workers. In 1930, Congress was declared illegal by the government. Yatindra Mohan Sengupta was elected the acting president of Congress. Yatindra Mohan Sengupta was kept in jail in an unwell condition. He died on 22 July 1933 in Ranchi.
Muttu Lakshmi Reddy (30 July 1886 – 22 July 1968), an Indian female physician, social activist, and Padma Bhushan recipient. She was the first woman legislator of India. n the year 1956, Dr. Muttu Lakshmi Reddy was honored with the honorary title of ‘Padma Bhushan’ by the President in recognition of his many works of service. Lakshmi Reddy died in 1968.
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Notable events on 22 July in Indian and World History
22 July 1775 – George Washington took command of the US Army. George Washington was the first President of America.
22 July 1887 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German experimental physicist, and Nobel Prize Laureate, was born.
22 July 1888 – Selman Waksman, an American inventor, and Nobel Prize Laureate, was born.
22 July 1907 – Zubir Said – a Singaporean composer most notable for composing the national anthem of his country – was born.
22 July 1908 – Randal Cremer a British politician, pacifist, and Nobel Prize Laureate, died.
22 July 1947 – The National Flag of India was adopted by the Constitution of India on this day.
22 July 1981 – India’s first geostationary satellite Apple started functioning on this day.
22 July 1915 – Sandford Fleming, a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor, died.
22 July 1923 – Mukesh – an Indian playback singer – was born.
22 July 1999 – The International Labor Organization’s Action Plan for Equal Remuneration for Equal Work came into force.
22 July 2009 – The longest total solar eclipse of the 29th century was the solar eclipse on this day.
22 July 2011 – A fungal research team at the Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology discovered spores of heat-resistant mildew that can tolerate temperatures of 100–115 °C.
22 July 2012 – Pranab Mukherjee was elected the 13th President of India.
22 July 2014 – One report called the 9/11 attacks a failure of government institutions.
Pi Approximation Day is celebrated on 22 July and Pi Day is celebrated on 14 March. Casual Pi Day is also known as Pi Approximation Day.