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Historical Event on 10/22/1929

Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
5/28/1895Bagal Bhai Madhavrao Khanderao, freedom fighter, author and painter, was born.
8/15/1947On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
7/27/1986The Supreme Court orders all-India test for medical seats.
1/1/1965This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"".
5/17/1865Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.
7/20/1654Portugal was taken over by Britishers.