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Historical Event on 4/22/1991
IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1905 | Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi. |
| 5/16/1999 | Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. |
| 3/26/1990 | Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away. |
| 12/1/1970 | T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972 |
| 6/6/1996 | Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India. |
| 8/23/1989 | Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away. |
| 8/7/1982 | Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture. |
| 1/8/1995 | ONGC's oil rig blow out at Pasalapudi site in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 4/21/1996 | Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag. |
| 11/8/1966 | Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down |
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