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Historical Event on 8/22/1987
Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/15/1918 | K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP. |
| 7/1/1982 | MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
| 7/23/1903 | Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903 |
| 1/30/1971 | Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore. |
| 7/5/1997 | Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president. |
| 11/1/1999 | H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister. |
| 12/14/1984 | First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off. |
| 8/17/1958 | Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died. |
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