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Historical Event on 3/22/1996

Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.
12/4/1998Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
5/23/19961995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore.
8/11/1954Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
4/17/1999The Vajpayee Government resigns after it loses the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha by one vote - 269 to 270.