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Historical Event on 8/22/1994
Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/26/1967 | Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away. |
| 8/28/1993 | President's rule in J&K extended for another six months. |
| 1/28/1900 | General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg). |
| 9/18/1879 | Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born. |
| 4/23/1955 | Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons. |
| 8/12/1922 | Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 2/5/1981 | Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75. |
| 12/15/1988 | Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections. |
| 8/19/1944 | The last Japanese troops driven out of India. |
| 3/2/1994 | President's rule in J & K extended. |
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