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Historical Event on 10/1/1992

Broadcasting of Zee TV started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
5/8/1954Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
8/20/1915Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born.
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
11/19/1998The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.
11/19/19971996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
4/15/1890Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born.
2/2/1978The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).