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Historical Event on 3/22/1915
Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/14/1955 | Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 7/31/1996 | Supreme Court exempts Rao from appearing in CMM court personally. |
| 1/11/1996 | Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 5/25/1965 | Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas. |
| 1/19/1982 | Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal. |
| 1/19/1982 | Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur. |
| 7/1/1929 | Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.). |
| 9/23/1980 | Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial. |
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