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Historical Event on 3/22/1957

National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
6/5/1929S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu.
9/29/1992Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1)
10/24/1933Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.
11/11/1923Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot.
9/8/1911Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
7/18/1993Dr. Banoo Coyaji, 75, gets Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
7/18/1993Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.