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Historical Event on 6/22/1910

Mohommed Hussain `Azad', great Urdu poet, eassy writer and critic, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
8/15/1994At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag.
1/7/1988Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
4/3/1978Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him.
11/19/1970Bhupinder Singh Jr, cricketer (Punjab & Indian ODI batsman), was born.