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Historical Event on 3/22/1996

Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God').

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
4/13/1940Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
6/25/1998Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities.
2/1/1831The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
4/14/1925Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.