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Historical Event on 2/22/1944
Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/25/1609 | Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat. |
| 8/19/1994 | Rupee made fully convertible on current account. |
| 1/23/1993 | Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die. |
| 8/18/1945 | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan. |
| 12/27/1998 | Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh. |
| 9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
| 6/7/1974 | Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999. |
| 3/2/1957 | Central Warehouse Corporation established. |
| 10/26/1937 | Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born. |
| 7/31/1988 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
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