22nd June - A Day in the life of India

Learn about the importance of 22nd June in the history of India. Major historical events, Famous Birthdays and death anniversaries on this day.

22nd June in the history of India

• 1948 – King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
• 1897 – British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.

Famous Birthdays on June 22

• 1974 – Vijay, Indian film actor in Tamil cinema. One of the most followed and popular actor in Tamil Cinema.
• 1965 - Anubhav Sinha is an Indian film director, producer and writer known for his work in Tum Bin (2001), Dus (2005), Ra.One (2011), Mulk (2018),Article 15 (2019) and Thappad (2020).
• 1950 – Tom Alter, Indian actor (d. 2017)
• 1932 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Anthony Low, Indian-English historian and academic (d. 2015)
• 1910 – John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Indian-English lieutenant and mountaineer (d. 1998)

Death Anniversaries on June 22

• 2014 – Rama Narayanan, Indian director and producer (b. 1949)