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Historical Event on 12/22/2000

Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
7/14/1994Veerappan, Sandalwood smuggler, declared 'proclaimed offender'.
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
4/22/1991Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal.
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
9/23/1911Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born.
6/1/1790A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.