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Historical Event on 10/22/1962

Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1995Kashmiri separatists behead a kidnapped Norwegian tourist and threatened to kill other hostages unless India freed 15 militants at Srinagar.
10/6/1992Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died.
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
10/21/1858Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, great social reformer, was born.
2/4/1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
3/30/1976Shankar Puroshattam Mulgaonkar 'Raghuvir', famous painter, passed away.
10/9/199627-member ministry of National Conference headed by its president Dr. Farooq Abdullah sworn-in in J&K.