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Historical Event on 9/22/1992

Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
11/14/1997Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.
12/11/1929Subhash Pandharinath ""Fergie"" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner), was born in Bom
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
7/17/1997K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
3/3/1948B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.
9/13/1928Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away.