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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
10/18/1906Depressed Classes Mission Society' was established by Vitthal Ramji Shinde.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
10/2/1906Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.
3/31/1992The PM to look after foreign affairs.
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
9/30/1996PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve
12/25/1943Japanese bombers raid Chittagong.
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
6/7/1974Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999.
12/10/1761Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10).