22 October - India on this day16 events

Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.

Swami Rama Tirtha, great social reformer and poet, was born at Murariwala village of Gujranwala district. He lectured throughout Japan and America spreading "practical Vedanta".

John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India.

Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan.

Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.

Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.

There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.

Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

The Union government reduces the upper age limit for the Civil Services Examination from 28 years to 26 years.

The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case.

Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.

The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.

Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died.

Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, leader, politician, President of the Central Assembly, lawyer and member of parliament, died in Geneva.

Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.

The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'.