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Historical Event on 10/22/1947
There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/20/1995 | Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution. |
| 8/27/1958 | Metric system of weights and measures introduced. |
| 4/3/1946 | Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive. |
| 1/4/1889 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born. |
| 9/29/1906 | Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb. |
| 3/26/1989 | Eighth Antarctica Expedition returns after erecting India's second permanent manned station 'Maitri'. |
| 11/18/1972 | Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal' |
| 1/1/1995 | N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee. |
| 8/1/2000 | 27 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine. |
| 6/10/1908 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav, politician and social worker, was born. |
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