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Historical Event on 3/22/1999

57 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1972Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-), was born in Bombay.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
6/19/2000Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
1/17/1989Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6).
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
4/25/1969Invalappil Mani Vijayan (or better known as IM Vijayan), Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trissur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997, 1999. He scored the fastest ever International goal against Bhutan at the SAF Games '99, scoring after just 12 seconds.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.