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Historical Event on 8/22/1980
Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/25/1984 | Yashwantrao B. Chavhan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra and former Deputy Prime Minister, passed away. |
| 4/27/1907 | Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers. |
| 1/22/1990 | FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case. |
| 4/23/1938 | Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand. |
| 3/1/1963 | 25 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 3/23/1910 | Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952. |
| 10/20/1960 | Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills. |
| 8/1/1953 | All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International. |
| 5/4/1990 | Supreme Court directs Central Government to set up a Tribunal to resolve Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. |
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