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Historical Event on 8/22/1979

Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
10/31/199426 die as cyclone lashes Tamil Nadu.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
1/25/1980Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.
5/28/1930Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.
3/18/1944Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal.
7/22/1981India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981.
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.