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Historical Event on 8/22/1980
Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/16/1999 | Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
| 8/30/1928 | Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929. |
| 2/25/2000 | Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness. |
| 2/25/2000 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 7/21/1883 | Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta. |
| 6/3/1844 | Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer, critic and journalist in Hindi, was born. |
| 3/15/1904 | Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born. |
| 10/3/1996 | National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory. |
| 2/15/1948 | Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, famous Hindi poet, political agitator, critic and freedom fighter, passed away near Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, in an automobile accident. |
| 5/6/2000 | Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta. |
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