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Historical Event on 8/22/1942
Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
| 10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 1/1/1987 | United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87). |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
| 9/25/2000 | A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985. |
| 3/29/1963 | Siyaramsharan Gupt, great autor of Hindi language, died. |
| 2/23/1997 | Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile. |
| 6/20/1946 | Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state. |
| 1/16/1997 | Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai. |
| 10/1/1997 | Bus with 70 people fell into a stream near Cuddappah. |
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