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Historical Event on 6/22/1917
Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1917 | Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India. |
| 5/23/1947 | The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India. |
| 3/17/1863 | Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born. |
| 8/18/1951 | Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal. |
| 1/30/1994 | Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets. |
| 2/20/1968 | Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay. |
| 1/8/1973 | Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died. |
| 2/12/1996 | Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang. |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 7/18/1947 | Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947. |
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