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Historical Event on 6/22/1959
Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/25/1880 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh. |
2/19/1922 | Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab. |
8/18/1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born. |
8/18/1900 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
11/12/1958 | Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival. |
11/7/1990 | National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government. |
8/3/1998 | India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea. |
3/27/1977 | N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
4/9/1965 | Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the State Armed Police Batallions. In Kutch launched its 8th Infantry Division supported by two regiments of M47/48 Pattons. Operation 'Desert Hawk' was launched to draw away reserves from other vulnerable areas, and possibly to test India's resolve. The Indian Army did not rise to the bait. |
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