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Historical Event on 8/22/1877

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka.

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2/9/1989Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident.
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3/26/1990Pratap Singh Rane,Goa CM, resigns.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
6/4/1947Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
8/12/1997Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai.
4/12/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born.
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.
7/22/1993R.K. Khandekar, PM's aide, denies Harshad Mehta's charges.