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Historical Event on 6/22/1948

Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
12/16/1994Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office.
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
6/6/1994The 20-day old Limboo Ministry in Sikkim wins vote of confidence.
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
9/27/1907Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan.
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.