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Historical Event on 9/22/1996
Passport seekers are given an option of 10 years (Rs. 300) or 20 years (Rs. 600) period.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/26/1997 | Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs. |
| 4/1/1990 | Gold Control Act was withdrawn. |
| 1/30/1996 | The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 4/20/1993 | Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade. |
| 3/5/1916 | Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born. |
| 1/1/1874 | The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published. |
| 8/25/1996 | 194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath . |
| 8/15/1955 | Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa. |
| 1/28/1961 | Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore. |
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