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Historical Event on 6/22/1991
M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/23/1997 | India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
6/13/1992 | Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached. |
8/20/1921 | The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala. |
8/20/1921 | Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi. |
3/2/1994 | Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up. |
4/24/1996 | SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct. |
3/21/1957 | India's national calender came into force. |
11/7/1950 | King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu. |
12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
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