Year 1241
Lahore was captured by Bahadur Taul Hulagu Khan, the chief commander of Mongols.
DECEMBER 22
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22 December: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 22 December.
Observances & Special Days
National Mathematics Day (India)
National Mathematics Day is celebrated on December 22 to commemorate the birth anniversary of India's mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.
The main objective behind celebrating the day is to raise awareness among people about the importance of mathematics for the development of humanity
Year 1510
Affonso de Albuquerque wrote, "My determination now is to prevent any Moor entering Goa, to leave a sufficient force of men and ships in the place, then with another fleet visit the Red sea and Ormuz".
Year 1751
Battle of Mandavgargh.
Year 1843
Devendra Nath Tagore, father of Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore, joined the Brahmo Samaj.
Year 1851
India’s first freight train launched at Roorkee.
Year 1882
First Christmas tree decorated with bulbs made by Thomas Elva Edison.
Year 1885
Samurai Ito Hirobumi became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Year 1928
An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum'.
Year 1939
Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.
Year 1940
Freedom fighter and Indian political thinker Manvendra Nath Rai announced the establishment of the Radical Democratic Party.
Year 1947
The Parliament of Italy adopted the new constitution.
Year 1971
The then Soviet Union conducted an underground nuclear test.
Year 1978
Thailand adopted the constitution.
Year 1986
India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur.
Year 1992
Lok Sabha adopts the constitution amendment bills regarding Panchayati Raj and Nagarapalika Bills, and decentralisation of power to the village level.
Year 1994
Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay.
Year 1995
A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.
Year 1998
Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.
Year 1998
The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist.
Year 1998
The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval.
Year 1999
CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
Year 1999
The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
Year 2000
Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.
Year 2006
India and Pakistan set up a joint working group for mutual cooperation in the area of local bodies.
Year 2010
US President Barack Obama signed a law related to homosexuality, paving the way for homosexuals in the military.
Year 2016
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung resigned 18 months before his term ends.
Born 1666
Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet, and philosopher.
Born 1929
Wazir Mohammad, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
Born 1853
Sarada Devi, a nineteenth-century Hindu mystic and saint.
Born 1887
Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician.
Born 1924
Kanaklata Barua, an Indian independence activist.
Born 1947
Dilip Doshi, Indian cricketer
Born 1960
Jean-Michel Basquiat, an American artist.
Born 1971
Ajeenkya Patil, an Indian educationist, and economist.
Died 1880
George Eliot, an English novelist, poet, journalist, and translator.
Died 1923
Georg Luger, an Austrian designer of the famous Luger pistol.
Died 1943
Helen Beatrix Potter, an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.
Died 1975
Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine "Satyakatha", died.
Died 1975
Vasant Krishna Desai, famous music director, died.
Died 1977
Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
Died 1985
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon, an Indian poet of Malayalam literature.
Died 1989
Samuel Beckett, an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator.
Died 2019
Baba Ram Dass, an American spiritual teacher, psychologist, and author.