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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
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
2/12/1990Assembly election in Manipur.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
7/1/1852For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.
9/25/1990L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra.
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
8/19/1993Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune.