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Historical Event on 3/22/1969

The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
6/4/1997Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana.
2/19/1995National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.
2/9/1985Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away.
8/4/1956Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.
10/24/2000Delhi High Court admitted the appeal of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the lower court judgement in the JMM MPs' bribery case.
8/28/1904First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.