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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
8/7/1888Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died.
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
3/25/199631st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.
9/28/1940Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".
3/1/1962Gaya University renamed as Magadh University.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
3/12/1954Indian National Academy of Letters ""Sahitya Academy"" inaugurated by Dr. Radhakrishnan.
8/13/1638Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa.
6/21/1948C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished.