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Historical Event on 11/22/1990

Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1900Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.
7/2/1905Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born.
3/2/1949Sarojini Naidu, ""Nightingale of India"", freedom fighter, social worker and patriot, passed away when she was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress. She took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
9/8/1982Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77.
2/13/1998India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.