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Historical Event on 6/22/1982
19 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/27/1907 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died. |
| 7/16/1996 | The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'. |
| 10/17/1997 | Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab. |
| 4/16/1934 | Ram Damodar Naik was born in Sangli (Maharashtra). |
| 11/13/1909 | Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle. |
| 3/30/1993 | Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy. |
| 10/5/1990 | Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died. |
| 1/11/1990 | R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90). |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 8/15/1960 | Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established. |
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