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22-February-1845

Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.

22-February-1854

Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.

22-February-1858

Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.

22-February-1873

Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born.

22-February-1885

Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.

22-February-1905

Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).

22-February-1913

Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow.

22-February-1944

Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.

22-February-1946

Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.

22-February-1947

Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.

22-February-1948

Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.

22-February-1958

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are "Ghubari-Khatir" and Tadhkirah". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.

22-February-1977

Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.

22-February-1978

Judge Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 11/07/1985.

22-February-1982

South-South Conference opens in New Delhi.

22-February-1990

1st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland. NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps.

22-February-1993

Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.

22-February-1993

Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours.

22-February-1994

Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.

22-February-1996

Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).

22-February-1996

Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt.

22-February-1997

India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.

22-February-1997

India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.

22-February-1997

Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore.

History to be Continued ...



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