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Historical Event on 11/22/1989

General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1993Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
4/20/1989R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court.
1/26/1957India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect.
2/6/1966Madurai Kamraj University established.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
7/12/200067 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb.
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
4/8/1857Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.