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22 June - India on this day24 events

1880

Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam.

#birth#literature22-June-1880
1917

Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin).

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1920

Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha.

#birth#sports22-June-1920
1935

Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras.

#birth#sports22-June-1935
1982

19 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.

#air crash22-June-1982
1940

Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders.

#freedom fighter#general22-June-1940
1555

Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.

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1898

The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.

#general#science22-June-1898
1944

British 14th army frees Imphal, Assam.

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1975

National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.

#general22-June-1975
1993

JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh.

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1993

Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.

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1993

The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides.

#general#market22-June-1993
1995

India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.

#general22-June-1995
1948

Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.

#royal event22-June-1948
1994

Law for the betterment of women introduced.

#law#women22-June-1994
1955

Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31.

#sports#death22-June-1955
1996

Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.

#sports22-June-1996
1994

L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died.

#cinema#death22-June-1994
1897

The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.

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1910

Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died.

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1959

Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.

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1971

Habib Muhammad died.

#death22-June-1971
1991

M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.

#politics22-June-1991