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Historical Event on 4/22/1983

Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
1/26/1972Amar Jawan, a national memorial, established at India Gate, New Dehli.
8/18/1957Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961.
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.
10/13/1877Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born.
7/18/1993Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.
3/22/1947India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
4/25/1906Dara Nusserwanji Marshall, librarian and educationist, was born.
10/23/1990Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government.