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Historical Event on 8/22/1993

V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1876Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
6/6/1997Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
8/21/2000Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee.
11/7/1975Indian Supreme Court validates election of Indira Gandhi at New Delhi.
7/4/1729Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died.
12/11/1988Dr. Nagendra Singh, 74, President of the International Court of Justice, passed away in Hague.
4/20/1989President's rule imposed in Karnataka.
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
10/16/1945Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.