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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
8/3/1985Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
10/10/1927Bansilal, leader of Lokdal Party, was born
9/28/1909Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
8/15/1925Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born .
7/29/1927Madhavsingh Solanki, one of the leaders in Gujarat, was born.
7/6/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
2/23/1998Raman Lamba, former Indian Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while close-in fielding.