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Historical Event on 11/22/1928
British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1966 | Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 11/3/1961 | Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war. |
| 9/1/1928 | Arun Kumar Seal, educationist, was born at Vishnupur. |
| 5/7/1990 | Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas. |
| 9/25/1990 | Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old. |
| 12/20/1993 | India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels. |
| 5/1/1998 | The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri. |
| 10/12/1997 | India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title. |
| 12/5/1991 | 56 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP. |
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