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Historical Event on 6/22/1995

India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
8/9/1892Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born.
10/17/1999Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
2/19/1992Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.
1/7/1993C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns.
11/7/1991Salauddin and his wife Neena create a world record by travelling in a Nissan car.
11/21/1985Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away.
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.