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Historical Event on 2/22/1994
Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
12/17/1910 | Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay. |
6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
7/20/1993 | Chander Mohan, son of Haryana CM Bhajanlal, wins the by-elections in the Kalka assembly constitutency by a margin of 61,800 votes. |
7/10/1997 | Fijian Senate approves new Constitution that removes radical restrictions on political power of Indian community, which makes up almost half the population. |
10/16/1905 | Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement. |
6/18/1994 | The strength of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad ministry led by Sanchaman Limboo reduced to 14 in the 32-member house. |
6/18/1994 | Saint Kabir was born. |
10/31/1997 | Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi. |
9/27/1856 | Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language. |
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