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Historical Event on 8/22/1993

Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1964Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
4/13/1948Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.
10/1/1928Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born.
10/11/1984Khanderao M. Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5.50 for India), died
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
8/20/1905Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
9/27/1999Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.