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Historical Event on 8/22/1915

Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1920Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
3/27/1990A 10-member Progressive Democratic Front Ministry led by Churchill Alemao sworn in Goa.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
9/18/1932A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence.
10/1/1995Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died.
11/28/1990Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
6/4/1997Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan.