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Historical Event on 6/22/1995

India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1960Presidential orders were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on official Languages which includes issues relating to preparation of terminology (Hindi glossaries, Hindia translation of codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees propagation of Hindi, language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Court etc).
4/3/1984Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
10/16/1992Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97
7/21/1995Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.