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Historical Event on 2/22/1944

Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1930Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra.
1/24/19953,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million.
9/1/1913Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, politician, social reformer, lawyer and athelete, was born.
4/21/1995Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful.
9/1/1956Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.
1/1/1975Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
4/30/1999Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant.
2/23/1946Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.