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Historical Event on 2/22/1996
Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1809 | Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa. |
| 5/16/1994 | Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away. |
| 11/15/1937 | Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska |
| 9/8/1790 | Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born. |
| 8/15/1997 | IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran. |
| 1/20/1972 | Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory. |
| 6/25/1998 | Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 2/20/1999 | Mr. Vajpayee travels to Lahore on the inaugural run of the bus between New Delhi and Lahore. |
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