|
|
Historical Event on 2/22/1947
Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1923 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away. |
| 3/27/1997 | South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit. |
| 9/6/1996 | A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani. |
| 5/18/1955 | Hindu Marriage Act is amended. |
| 9/10/1999 | Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final. |
| 10/20/1991 | Pandit Kalyandas Mahaprasad, famous Kathak dancer, died. |
| 1/19/1977 | World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'. |
| 2/11/1933 | The outcome of the conference was that diarchy in the province was abolished, federal system was established in the center, Sindh was separated from Bombay, communal awards were started by the Prime Minister of Britain Sir Ramsay McDonald and White Paper on Indian reforms was published in 1933. |
| 2/28/1988 | Jaydev, famous music director, passed away. |
| 11/11/1675 | Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
