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Historical Event on 6/22/1994
L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/19/1985 | Lall Singh, cricketer (one Test for India 1932), passed away. |
1/19/1931 | The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also. |
12/10/1999 | Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police. |
10/22/1997 | Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived. |
9/20/1928 | Narayan Guru ""Nanu"" of Kerala entered in maha Samadhi. His teachings are held in great reverence even today. |
4/20/1965 | First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest. |
11/13/1901 | Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state. |
3/9/1993 | AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu. |
8/2/1993 | Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I). |
1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
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