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Historical Event on 8/22/1984
R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1932 | Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur. |
| 10/13/1999 | No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes. |
| 12/12/2000 | J.H. Patel, (71), senior Janata Dal (U) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister, died in Bangalore. |
| 3/25/1933 | Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born. |
| 8/30/1992 | The first Indian-built ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) successfully flown in Bangalore. |
| 3/13/1991 | President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha. |
| 2/25/1977 | Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 1/1/1989 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"". |
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