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Historical Event on 8/22/1984
R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/2/1861 | Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district. |
5/26/1885 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born. |
12/1/1989 | National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties. |
11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
12/31/1929 | At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc. |
2/1/1964 | Unit Trust of India' established. |
12/24/1880 | Pattabhi Sitaramayya, politician and president of Indian National Congress, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
1/21/1910 | Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born. |
6/6/1981 | The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river. |
3/16/1928 | C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore. |
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