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Historical Event on 8/22/1933

Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1998The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas.
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
5/22/1927Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mo. Usman, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
6/17/1928Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away.
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.