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Historical Event on 8/22/1933

Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.

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4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
9/21/1994Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
2/28/1918Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
1/16/1996Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera.
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