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Historical Event on 10/22/1908

John Sutton, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly), was born in Rawalpindi, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
3/2/2000Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.
7/5/1947Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July.
11/2/1774Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.
9/29/2000The Government raises the prices of petroleum products across- the-board while cutting import and excise duties on crude oil, diesel and motor spirit (petrol).
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
7/31/1996Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).