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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
8/19/1993Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
10/3/1994Bhushan Tiwari, famous Hindi film actor of yesteryears, died.
10/19/1990The Government of India under an ordinance puts forward a three-point formula for Ayodhya issue: (i) to acquire the land (ii) other land may be given for building temple except the disputed one (iii) the issue may referred to Supreme Court for speedy solution.
11/9/1904Panchanan Maheshwari was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers with different embryological studies. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchanani
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
12/13/1986Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away.
4/22/1812Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.
9/16/2000In an important pronouncement, the Rajasthan High Court declares Jains as a religious minority community and allows teaching institutions set up by them to enjoy minority status under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution.
7/25/2000P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.