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Historical Event on 10/22/1962

Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

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7/15/1997Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
9/1/1956Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
12/20/1957Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell.
2/4/1992National Renewal Fund for industries set up.
5/20/1999The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party.
1/26/1950India is proclaimed a Sovereign Democratic Republic ceasing to be a British dominion and adopted Indian Constitution which came into force.