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Historical Event on 4/22/1992

IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1992Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
12/31/1861Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
12/10/1923Madhav Gururao Kulkarni, great author and educationist, was born in Rani Bennur, Dharwar.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
1/19/1951Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away.
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
2/15/1976The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi.
3/7/1994India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran.