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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
5/19/1990S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
2/17/1883Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
4/13/1971Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer (Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka.
2/2/1949Press Trust of India' was established.
9/7/1931The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution.
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
11/5/1907Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions.