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Historical Event on 8/22/1984
R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
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| 2/12/1996 | President S.D. Sharma in Kerala. |
| 2/12/1996 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 4/1/1987 | Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution. |
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| 9/16/1916 | M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born. |
| 2/25/1927 | Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away. |
| 5/14/1972 | Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported. |
| 4/17/1946 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away. |
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