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Historical Event on 4/22/1996
National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/7/1987 | Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat. |
| 1/12/1992 | India and Russia sign a new political treaty. |
| 8/15/1854 | The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855. |
| 11/16/1988 | India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine. |
| 11/16/1988 | Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans. |
| 10/1/1967 | Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established. |
| 10/1/1967 | Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born. |
| 8/1/1958 | Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership given to Acharya Bhave. |
| 8/13/1936 | Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama, freedom fighter, Indian lady revolutionary and politician, passed away at Bombay. |
| 5/12/1995 | India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form. |
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