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Historical Event on 8/22/1984
R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/15/1912 | Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born. |
| 8/18/1957 | Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961. |
| 4/1/1902 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/13/1929 | Jatindranath Das started fast strike. |
| 7/15/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away. |
| 5/15/1958 | Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi. |
| 9/17/1937 | Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 6/4/1993 | L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP. |
| 6/19/1931 | Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa. |
| 6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
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