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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Today Importance - 22th August

22-August-1818

Warren Hastings, the main Lead representative General of India (1773-84), died at 85 years old.

22-August-1877

Previous extraordinary painter, scholar, etymologist, pundit, workmanship analyst Ananda Kentish Kumaraswamy was brought into the world in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

22-August-1915

Shambhu Mishra, Bengali entertainer, chief and writer, was conceived.

22-August-1919

Famous modern Hindi poet Girijakumar Mathur was born.

22-August-1922

Aluri Sitarama Raju inspired and organized the tribals to fight against the British. Raju's forces raided the Chintapalli police station and there were regular battles between them and the British forces.

22-August-1933

The residents of Partabgarh are facing starvation due to the ban on opium. They have been earning their living by selling opium for the last 800 years.

22-August-1942

Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), Manager and State head of Jammu Kashmir and Patiala died.

22-August-1979

Indian President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy dissolved the Sixth Lok Sabha, ordered general elections for the end of the year, and asked Charan Singh to lead a caretaker government.

22-August-1980

Actor and director Kishore Sahu passed away.

22-August-1984

And. Venkataraman was elected Vice President of India (1984–1987).

22-August-1987

The aircraft carrier 'Biraat' has been inducted into the Indian Navy's fleet.

22-August-1988

The Gorkha National Liberation Front has signed an agreement with the Center and West Bengal to form an alternate hill council for Darjeeling.

22-August-1992

The Congress (I) along with its allies got a simple majority in the Lok Sabha after its merger with the Telugu Desam Party.

22-August-1993

Former Chief Minister of Karnataka Gundu Rao passed away. He was 56 years old.

22-August-1993

The first batch of IAF troops has landed in capital Mogadishu.

22-August-1993

VP Singh went into self-exile in Delhi and promised not to return until the government implemented reservation in jobs for backward classes.

22-August-1994

When the Indian team was trying to stop the fighting in Somalia, two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed. Seven people including a JCO lost their lives.

22-August-2000

Parliament approved two constitutional amendment bills to restore exemption to SC/STs in promotion in government jobs and to exempt Arunachal Pradesh from reservation for SCs.