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Historical Event on 2/22/1948

Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
4/5/1989Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died.
8/15/1993Five more Doordarshan channels launched.
4/24/1858Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels.
8/7/1982Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.
1/16/1995India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
12/16/1999The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
9/20/1998India lost the fifth and final match of the Sahara Cup by five wickets. Pakistan won the series 4-1 at Toronto.