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Historical Event on 8/22/1919
Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1996 | Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen. |
| 6/15/1969 | Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86. |
| 8/9/1902 | King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast. |
| 3/19/1972 | India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years. |
| 8/18/1907 | Madam Bhikaji Cama, addressed the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, Germany. |
| 4/7/2000 | The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars. |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 5/7/1985 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards. |
| 11/3/2000 | BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report. |
| 9/1/1956 | Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir. |
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