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Historical Event on 2/22/1994
Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/28/1909 | Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'. |
| 1/22/1945 | The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma. |
| 3/13/1857 | Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away. |
| 3/2/1963 | China reports troops have left disputed area in India. |
| 10/10/1896 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam. |
| 1/24/1937 | Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics. |
| 8/20/1998 | The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj. |
| 12/31/1956 | Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, died at the age of 80. |
| 6/8/1897 | Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 6/18/1997 | E.K. Nayanar, Kerala Chief Minister, meets Pope John Paul II in Vatican. |
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