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Historical Event on 10/1/1992

Broadcasting of Zee TV started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/21/2000Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee.
10/23/1999A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
1/15/1956Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away.
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
1/19/1997Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit.
12/16/1909Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
9/7/1947Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.
9/9/1850Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).