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Historical Event on 8/22/1979

Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government.

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8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
8/21/1986Nine-member Cong-MNF coalition ministry headed by MNF President Laldenga sworn-in in Aizawl.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
3/30/1994Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
11/3/1948Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
2/14/1932Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, was born.
5/15/1817Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.