Find out what happened in India on 22 November.
22-November-1718 |
Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain. |
22-November-1773 |
Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48. |
22-November-1872 |
Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England. |
22-November-1873 |
Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
22-November-1899 |
Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Tentuliguma village, Koraput district. |
22-November-1913 |
Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born. |
22-November-1915 |
Mohandas Gandhi returns to India. |
22-November-1916 |
Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka. |
22-November-1928 |
British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties. |
22-November-1967 |
Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar. |
22-November-1968 |
Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu. |
1971-11-22 00:00:00 |
Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days. |
22-November-1988 |
Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award. |
22-November-1989 |
General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states. |
22-November-1989 |
Rajindernath, great Indian wicketkeeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 ct, 4 stp, passed away. |
22-November-1990 |
Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108). |
22-November-1991 |
Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional. |
22-November-1993 |
Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna. |
22-November-1997 |
Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad. |
22-November-1997 |
Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles. |
22-November-1999 |
V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. |
22-November-1999 |
A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie. |
22-November-2000 |
Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities. |