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Historical Event on 11/22/1999

A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.
8/2/198432 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
1/4/1994Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56.
5/27/1919Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away.
2/16/1932Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc.
2/22/1977Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.
5/24/1960Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder, founder of famous 'Vellore Hospital', passed away in Kodaikanal.
9/4/1825Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.