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Historical Event on 5/22/1992

India launches its 'Agni' rocket.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
2/20/1847Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
8/25/1919Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.
5/5/1903Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu).
10/12/1993RBI liberalises credit and monetary policy.
11/21/199227 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.
8/18/1957Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.