Orlando Indian Community - OrlandoIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 2/22/1946

Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1907Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.
3/29/1939Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.
9/16/2000Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.
5/13/1991P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
8/15/1997Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
3/31/1994Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India.
12/11/19676.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed.