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Historical Event on 06/22/1555

Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
6/17/2000Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
11/9/1997Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide.
11/30/1995G. Umapati, filmmaker, died.
3/10/1991The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.