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Historical Event on 12/22/1866
Mazharul Haque, great social reformer, nationalist, journalist, poet, writer and politician, was born at Bahpura, Bihar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1907 | Railroad workers strike in India. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 3/26/1991 | Chautala loses majority after the disqualification of three Janata Dal (S) members. Janata Party merges with Janata Dal (S). |
| 4/22/1923 | Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka. |
| 8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
| 4/17/1941 | Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities. |
| 8/19/1887 | S. Satyamurti, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Thirumeyyam in the former Pudukottah State. |
| 5/3/1997 | Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi. |
| 7/27/1928 | Rameshwar Sahai Saxena, famous writer, lawyer and journalist, was born at Lalitpur, (UP). |
| 2/10/1949 | Pune University' established. |
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