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Historical Event on 2/22/1977

Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1847Pratapsingh Bhosle, Maratha King, died.
1/1/1894Satyendranath Bose, Professor and famous Indian physics expert, was born, He worked with Albert Einstein for some time.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
2/2/1970Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98.
2/22/1994Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
3/29/1939Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.