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Historical Event on 3/22/1957

National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1996PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.
12/29/1996Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.
12/29/1996Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
12/20/1942Gangu Bai, freedom fighter from Kolhapur, died at Hinlang Jail because of police beating.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
12/20/1993Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died.
10/2/1952Community Development Programme started.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.