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Historical Event on 2/22/1947

Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
8/29/1995National Sports Day declared.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
12/12/1971All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament.
12/30/1865Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
7/4/2000The trial of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case begins.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
11/1/1858Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India.