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Historical Event on 3/22/1938

IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1936Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
9/18/1992M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
10/11/1902Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.
1/22/1877Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam.
6/29/1873Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, first Bengali modern poet, died.
4/21/1913Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema.
12/25/1964Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.
12/25/1964Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.).