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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 |
| 7/5/2000 | Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore. |
| 7/16/1905 | A decision to boycott British goods was taken at Bagarhat. |
| 6/1/1992 | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara. |
| 10/6/1999 | INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana. |
| 10/21/1887 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, great politician, revolutionist leader and chief minister, was born at Khanwa. |
| 12/10/1998 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London. |
| 1/15/1949 | General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day. |
| 11/13/1909 | Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle. |
| 10/19/1689 | Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals. |
| 8/29/1984 | Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore. |
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