February22

Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.

Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born.

Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.

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

Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow.

Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.

Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.

South-South Conference opens in New Delhi.

Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.

Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day.

Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.

Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.

1st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland. NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps.

Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours.

India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.

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

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are "Ghubari-Khatir" and Tadhkirah". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.

Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.

Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.

India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.

Madanlal Khurana, Delhi CM, resigns (Hawala scandal).

Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt.