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Historical Event on 8/22/1984

R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
2/24/1948The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
12/20/1946Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
3/29/1849Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
3/9/1961Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away.
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
1/5/1934Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi.