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Historical Event on 7/22/1992

The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1957The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
8/7/1925Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was born in Kumbakonam. He went to Britain and took his Ph.D from the school of Agriculture in Cambridge in 1952. He developed high yielding strains of wheat and rice and accomplished difficult crosses in potato and jute species. In 1971, he was awarded The Ramon Magsaysay Award for generating a new confidence in the agricultural capabilities of the country. He was the Director of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He is also the first agriculture scientist to win the Albert Einstein world science Award in 1986.
2/25/1993Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed.
1/15/1921Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosle, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
12/3/1998India and Portugal sign an agreement in New Delhi for setting up a joint committee to enhance cooperation in science and technology.
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'
11/6/1997Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.