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Historical Event on 6/22/1898

The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/199315 bus passengers massacred in J&K.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
3/18/1944Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal.
8/15/1949Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
12/15/1988Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
6/27/1939Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born.
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.