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Historical Event on 2/22/1977

Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1997Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies.
8/17/1780Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
3/12/1995Congress party loses India national election.
2/6/1931Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow.
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
10/28/1947Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.
5/25/1917Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.