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Historical Event on 8/22/1987

Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
7/11/1924Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
3/16/1997Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar.
10/14/1989Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party.
7/23/1976Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
7/7/1937Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat.
10/16/1920B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.