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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 11/22/1718 |
Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain. |
| 11/22/1773 |
Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48. |
| 11/22/1872 |
Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England. |
| 11/22/1873 |
Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 11/22/1899 |
Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Tentuliguma village, Koraput district. |
| 11/22/1913 |
Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born. |
| 11/22/1915 |
Mohandas Gandhi returns to India. |
| 11/22/1916 |
Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka. |
| 11/22/1928 |
British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties. |
| 11/22/1967 |
Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar. |
| 11/22/1968 |
Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/22/1971 |
Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days. |
| 11/22/1988 |
Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award. |
| 11/22/1989 |
General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states. |
| 11/22/1989 |
Rajindernath, great Indian wicketkeeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 ct, 4 stp, passed away. |
| 11/22/1990 |
Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108). |
| 11/22/1991 |
Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional. |
| 11/22/1993 |
Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna. |
| 11/22/1997 |
Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad. |
| 11/22/1997 |
Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles. |
| 11/22/1999 |
V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. |
| 11/22/1999 |
A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie. |
| 11/22/2000 |
Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1912 | Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh. |
| 4/2/1994 | Ravi Naik sworn in CM. |
| 2/13/1994 | Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence. |
| 2/22/1858 | Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged. |
| 6/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/25/1992 | Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'. |
| 5/24/1992 | D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 2/21/1990 | The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90). |
| 8/3/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal. |
| 12/20/1946 | Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur. |
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