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Historical Event on 8/22/1818

Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1992Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
12/20/1987Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) in 76th Tennis Davis Cup .
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
1/26/1957India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect.
9/1/1956Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir.
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
1/19/1951Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.