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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.
2/19/200018 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
5/4/1960Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.
10/17/1997SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository.
6/11/1995PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France.
6/4/1993The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP.
10/6/2000Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief, withdraws her resignation from the Union Cabinet of Ministers.