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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
7/4/1986Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.
12/12/1964Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died.
10/31/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award.
8/22/1988Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling.
1/25/1980Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.
3/27/1942Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"".
1/10/1818The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company.
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
12/17/1905Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
8/13/1911Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born.