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Historical Event on 2/22/1948
Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.
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| 12/8/1998 | An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award. |
| 7/31/1964 | Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC retired from the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 1/16/1938 | Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away. |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 9/23/1992 | Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested. |
| 1/30/1949 | Night Airmail Services was inaugurated. |
| 8/16/1980 | Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130. |
| 10/14/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur. |
| 1/7/1900 | Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP. |
| 12/28/1996 | India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in the first innings of the game. |
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