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Historical Event on 3/22/1964

200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1897Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
3/1/1995Iftikar, famous character actor, died.
7/23/1996R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.
1/16/1948Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.
12/13/1999Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
1/5/1671Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals.
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.