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Historical Event on 7/22/1998

24-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
2/8/1872Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.
10/23/1999The chargesheet in Bofors case is a legal triumph, said Mr. Advani. But Congress(I) calls it as a political vendetta.
7/18/1994Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
2/1/194217 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.