22 November - India on this day23 events
Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.
Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities.
Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born.
Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England.
Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Tentuliguma village, Koraput district.
Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born.
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.
Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
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.
British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.
Rajindernath, great Indian wicketkeeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 ct, 4 stp, passed away.
Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar.
General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108).
Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.
V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie.
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.