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Historical Event on 3/22/1957

National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1957Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
4/21/1975Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.
5/6/1993Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.
12/31/1995K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
11/20/1981Bhaskara-II, India's second experimental remote sensing satellite, was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos. This provided experience in building and operating a remote sensing satellite system on an end-to-end basis.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
7/29/1802Agreement between Gaikwad of Baroda and Britishers about the army.