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Historical Event on 8/22/1979

Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government.

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7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
9/14/1953Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul.
10/24/1994Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India.
2/25/1963Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi.
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
3/22/2000INSAT-3B launched.
8/21/1955Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away.
4/4/1990MI-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35, thus becoming a dedicated Attack Helicopter unit of the IAF.
12/20/1967Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.
7/28/1994Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report.