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Historical Event on 11/22/1997

Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1991C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
4/12/1993Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed.
3/12/1991Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.
4/21/1998The services of 12 non-railway chairmen of Railway Recruitment Boards are terminated.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
8/5/1975The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament.
9/29/1993JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections.
7/19/1955Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.