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Historical Event on 2/22/1948

Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.

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10/23/1883Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
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5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
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7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.
7/10/1997Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley.
6/12/1990Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
3/12/1944No. 7 Squadron, which had flown its Vengeances on some missions against dissident tribesmen in North Waziristan, started operations in the Arakan from an airstrip at Uderbund near Kumbigram.
12/19/1919Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.
9/12/1961Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died.