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Historical Event on 4/22/1991

IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1869Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu.
1/6/1999Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.
12/12/1964HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
12/27/1898Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born.
4/7/1920Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
10/28/1997Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar (77), Veena maestro, household name among Carnatic music lovers, passed away in Bangalore.
10/2/1906Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.
10/1/1949'Marathi Rangbhumi' , a drama company, established.