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Historical Event on 8/22/1919

Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
5/13/1998World Bank cancels India donors meet.
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
6/19/1871Madhavrao Sapre was born.
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.
3/7/199922 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi.