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Historical Event on 2/22/1947
Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/14/1991 | Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed. |
7/31/1948 | State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta. |
5/1/1993 | Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune. |
8/20/1921 | The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala. |
4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
12/25/1997 | India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance. |
11/5/1945 | Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi. |
4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
5/27/1968 | Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously. |
6/24/1901 | John Thottam (Sir Marry Benigna C.D.) Marry, great poetess and teacher, was born in Elangi village at Kerala. |
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