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Historical Event on 6/22/1996

Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
9/17/1929La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
11/14/1995National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
9/16/1997Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal was succeeded as the Viceroy of Protuguese India by Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder at Portuguese power in India.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).