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Historical Event on 2/22/1905

Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1992Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away.
1/26/1972Amar Jawan, a national memorial, established at India Gate, New Dehli.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
1/16/1992Prices of steel and iron decontrolled.
2/4/1948Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948.
10/29/1988Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.
10/1/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy.
4/1/1889Hindu', English language newspaper changed its perodicity from weekly (20/09/1888) to daily.
6/21/1994The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.