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Historical Event on 8/22/1988
Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/5/1995 | Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires. |
| 5/8/1994 | Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away. |
| 5/17/2000 | The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place. |
| 11/9/1960 | Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died. |
| 6/30/1817 | Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died. |
| 9/27/1995 | Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi. |
| 11/30/1909 | Gandhiji reaches South Africa. |
| 11/8/1919 | Madan Theatres Ltd. was founded under a Joint Stock Company at Calcutta. Their maiden venture 'Bilwamangal' was released on November 8, 1919 at the Cornwallis Theatre, Calcutta. |
| 1/9/1935 | Britain signs the Trade Pack with India. |
| 10/20/1997 | Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days. |
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