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Historical Event on 3/22/1947
India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/29/1976 | Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi. |
| 9/27/1703 | More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
| 2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
| 1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
| 8/3/1954 | Atomic Energy Department established. |
| 8/15/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948. |
| 1/16/1985 | Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 6/1/1947 | Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born. |
| 9/26/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position. |
| 10/5/1868 | Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born. |
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