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Historical Event on 9/22/1996
Passport seekers are given an option of 10 years (Rs. 300) or 20 years (Rs. 600) period.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/24/1996 | Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA. |
| 1/31/1958 | First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy. |
| 8/10/1927 | Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras. |
| 1/16/1942 | Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress. |
| 5/11/1993 | Toy factory fire kills over 200 people in Bangalore. |
| 3/23/1913 | Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 1/1/1974 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"". |
| 11/6/1962 | National Defence Council established. |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
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