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Historical Event on 7/16/1992

Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1992Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
6/12/1972D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died.
2/24/1880Satyanarayan, great poet of Kannada language, was born.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
3/12/1988After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram.
5/2/1907Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.
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.
3/27/1942Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"".
12/4/1992RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi.