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Historical Event on 3/22/1964
200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/11/1984 | A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud. |
| 9/8/1982 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77. |
| 10/27/1973 | The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala. |
| 5/1/1996 | Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court. |
| 5/12/1949 | S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US. |
| 10/14/1947 | Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died. |
| 9/1/1909 | Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University. |
| 10/3/2000 | India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership. |
| 11/15/1999 | Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 10/28/1998 | Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad. |
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