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Historical Event on 4/22/1996
National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/9/1996 | Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim. |
| 3/22/1964 | 200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela. |
| 2/13/1713 | Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers. |
| 8/15/1968 | Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published. |
| 9/4/1997 | Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am. |
| 2/2/1964 | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 1/3/1985 | Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings. |
| 12/29/1959 | Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated. |
| 8/30/1983 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle. |
| 6/3/1844 | Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer, critic and journalist in Hindi, was born. |
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