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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
3/13/1989The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab.
1/10/1955The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.
4/14/1990Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
10/12/1991Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi.
6/23/1993RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
12/27/1987Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum .
11/23/1997Nirad C.Chaudhuri, famous author, completed 100 years of his life.
6/27/1915Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, 3 test matches, 33 runs, vs Australia in 1947-48, was born at Mumbai.
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.