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Historical Event on 8/22/1993
Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1845 | First Shipping Company of India started. |
| 3/15/1969 | Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa. |
| 6/19/1877 | Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 1/6/1976 | Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 10/28/1997 | Govt. extends ceasefire in Nagaland by 3 months from October 31. |
| 8/18/1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born. |
| 6/18/1992 | Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate. |
| 7/12/1996 | Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam. |
| 5/11/1991 | Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar. |
| 10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
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