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Historical Event on 12/22/1966

U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1687Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom.
7/12/1998India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
9/27/1972Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
2/22/1885Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.
6/5/1659Dara Shukoh celebrated his coronation at Deorai after the final defeat.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
2/7/1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
9/5/1793Mir Kasim lost To Britishers near Rajmahal in battle of Udaynala.
4/25/1993Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.