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Historical Event on 8/22/1993
V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1969 | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy. |
| 8/7/1947 | BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika. |
| 8/1/1916 | Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President. |
| 10/3/1988 | Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive. |
| 2/12/1990 | Assembly election in Manipur. |
| 11/2/1984 | Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
| 10/21/1950 | China invades Tibet. |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 11/9/1924 | Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born. |
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