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Historical Event on 8/22/1994

Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
11/22/1967Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
2/17/1994Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years.
3/23/1967Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away.
6/19/1990NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.
3/22/1971Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away.
9/5/1612East India Company's Navy eastablished.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
9/27/2000The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.