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Historical Event on 8/22/1818

Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
12/4/1973Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away.
6/17/1756Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.