Today Importance - 22th November
22-Nov-1718
Social reformer Durgadas Rathore died on the banks of Shipra in Ujjain.
22-Nov-1773
British Governor (India) Robert Clive dies aged 48.
22-Nov-1872
Freedom fighter Meera Behan (Madeline Slade) is born in England.
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22-Nov-1873
Leopold CMS Amery, British Colonial Secretary (India), is born.
22-Nov-1899
Freedom fighter and leader Shaheed Laxman Nayak was born in Tentuliguma village of Koraput district.
22-Nov-1913
Laxmikant Jha, Governor of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and an economist of international repute, was born.
22-Nov-1915
Mohandas Gandhi returned to India.
22-Nov-1916
The great revolutionary freedom fighter Shanti Ghosh was born in Calcutta. He was one of the accused in the famous Chargaon Ammunition Conspiracy and the murder of Dhaka Inspector General Lehmann.
22-Nov-1928
British King George was bedridden due to congestion in his lungs; Rani will take charge.
22-Nov-1967
Freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader Master and politician Tara Singh moved to Amritsar.
22-Nov-1968
Lok Sabha passed the notification to change the name of Madras State to Tamil Nadu.
22-Nov-1971
The governments of India and Pakistan protested the violation of national airspace along the western border, but air battles between the respective air forces broke out 12 days before a full-scale war between India and Pakistan.
22-Nov-1988
Baba Amte won the United Nations Human Rights Award.
22-Nov-1989
Indian General Elections (9th) Lok Sabha and Assembly elections have started in 5 states.
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22-Nov-1989
Great Indian wicket keeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 CT, 4 STP Rajindernath passed away.
22-Nov-1990
Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav won the confidence motion (202-108).
22-Nov-1991
Supreme Court declares Karnataka ordinance unconstitutional on Cauvery water dispute.
22-Nov-1993
Himachal Governor Gulshan Ahmed resigned in the wake of government reports of his son campaigning in Satna.
22-Nov-1997
Palestinian National Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat laid the foundation stone of the Indo-Arab Cultural Center in Hyderabad.
22-Nov-1997
Mumbai-born 24-year-old Miss India Diana Hayden was crowned the new 'Miss Universe' in Mahe, Seychelles, beating 85 contestants from across the world.
22-Nov-1999
V.S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri were appointed as the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
22-Nov-1999
Prime Minister AB Vajpayee expanded the cabinet as four more ministers joined the ministry, including Arun Shourie.
22-Nov-2000
Mumbai gangster Chhota Rajan has escaped from the custody of Thai authorities.