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Historical Event on 6/22/1996

Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1994Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years.
3/8/1930Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India.
9/23/1906Kumar (Mijjan) alias Syed Hasan Ali, film actor, was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has worked in 'Shadows of the Dead', 'Dukhiari', 'Gambler', 'Patan ni Paniari', 'Thoure of Delhi'.
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
6/24/1990President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
12/17/1938Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali story writer and novelist, died.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
12/1/1885Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.