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Historical Event on 8/22/1915

Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1906Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionery and leader, was born at Jhabra, Madhya Pradesh.
7/30/1991Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
3/29/1978Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
7/23/1996R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.
4/16/1801Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated.
11/28/1890Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai.
8/19/1999India's role in ASEAN, ARF is lauded at a colloquium in Singapore.
4/30/1909R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born.