From the books of history - 22 October special

What Happened

1764: The Battle of Buxar is fought, establishing British East India Company control over Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha. 1947: Tribal militia backed by Pakistan launch an invasion of Jammu and Kashmir, an event India observes as Black Day. 1962: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces the naval blockade of Cuba, escalating the Cuban Missile Crisis. 1983: The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) holds a massive anti-nuclear weapons protest in London. 2008: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Chandrayaan-1, India's first lunar probe, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre.