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Historical Event on 3/22/1963

World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
3/18/1992Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away.
5/18/1973A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'.
5/13/1996M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.
2/2/2000The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
7/25/1992R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President.
4/30/1991BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government.
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.