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Historical Event on 10/22/1997
Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1998 | India talks with the US on the nuclear tests. |
| 3/5/1919 | M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore. |
| 3/25/1931 | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 8/26/1996 | Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department. |
| 12/9/1999 | Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case. |
| 4/16/1963 | Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 9/14/1803 | Lord Lake was captured Delhi. |
| 8/7/1947 | BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika. |
| 8/10/1994 | President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept. |
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