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Historical Event on 8/22/1994

Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
12/20/1994The last batch of troops of IAF left the capital city of Mogadishu.. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion by AN-124 contracted by UN.
12/29/1959Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
9/9/1923First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
7/1/1913Vasantrao Phulsing Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, was born at Ganuli (Yeotmal).
10/17/1999Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.