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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 |
| 3/18/1896 | Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, was born at Amgaon, District Narsinghpur. |
| 4/14/1952 | Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated. |
| 3/6/1995 | Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died. |
| 9/1/1887 | Karmveer Bhaurao Paygaunda Patil, educationist, social reformer and founder of 'Rayat Educational Institute', was born. |
| 1/1/1985 | United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"". |
| 2/11/1998 | The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group. |
| 3/27/1977 | The government revoked the national Emergency promulgated on Dec. 3, 1971. |
| 8/10/1992 | P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died. |
| 2/20/1993 | Government decides to form an Autonomous Council for the tribals within Assam to solve Bodo issue. |
| 12/25/1926 | Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"". |
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