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Historical Event on 11/22/1968

Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
3/25/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate.
8/27/1918Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born.
6/19/1931Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa.
1/1/1989India and Pakistan sign three agreements.
1/2/1967University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State.