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Historical Event on 8/22/1980

Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1995Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.
4/14/1916Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48), was born at Mamandur, Tamil Nadu.
10/1/1993The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations.
1/11/1986Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
8/5/1969Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore.
1/4/1940Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.
2/2/1993Prices of iron and steel hiked.
6/29/2000The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.