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Historical Event on 8/22/1877
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/6/1889 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist and leader, was born. |
2/13/1989 | Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala. |
8/15/1950 | Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives. |
6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
2/14/1998 | 13 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed. |
10/15/1676 | King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay. |
10/20/1991 | Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died. |
4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
11/12/1762 | Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon. |
8/1/1995 | Vohra Panel submits report, highlights nexus between mafia and politicians. |
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