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Historical Event on 2/22/1944

Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1991Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
10/28/1996L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court.
5/14/1978Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
10/3/1997Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
8/15/1854The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.
6/2/1975India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.