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Historical Event on 8/22/1979
Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/2/1959 | Indira Gandhi was elected the president of the ruling Congress Executive Party. Thereby Congress spilt,and leftist formed Swantantra Party. |
1/21/1993 | Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away. |
9/4/1888 | Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law. |
9/4/1888 | Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same. |
6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
6/12/1897 | Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll). |
10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
4/18/1914 | Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai. |
5/1/1983 | V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away. |
5/20/1776 | Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away. |
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