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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
10/22/1680Rana Rajsingh, king of Mewad, died.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
4/1/1839Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
6/14/1929Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta.
6/22/1944British 14th army frees Imphal, Assam.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
2/21/1952Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli.
1/25/1932Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born.