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Historical Event on 8/22/1993

The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1984White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
2/18/1996Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
1/16/1973Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
2/28/1997Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.