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Historical Event on 8/22/1994
Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/25/1999 | US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives. |
| 9/4/1862 | Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 11/5/1996 | United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I). |
| 7/27/1928 | Rameshwar Sahai Saxena, famous writer, lawyer and journalist, was born at Lalitpur, (UP). |
| 12/26/1904 | First cross-country motor car race inaugurated between Dehli and Bombay started its rally. It was organised by Motor Union of Western India. |
| 11/29/1953 | Bahuriya Ramswarup Devi, better known as Laxmibai of Bihar, passed away. She will be always remembered for Chapra District Revolt, whereby she tied seven British men and threw them in Narayani River. |
| 8/17/1998 | The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent. |
| 7/8/1972 | Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta. |
| 1/18/1959 | Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good. |
| 3/13/1989 | The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab. |
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