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Historical Event on 10/22/1947

There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.

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7/20/1991Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".
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10/21/1762Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born.
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11/1/1999SC refuses to interfere with the Delhi High Court order in TRAI case.
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6/1/1947Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born.