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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
7/14/1942Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank).
7/12/1996Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.
4/27/1942Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India.
9/16/2000Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
3/31/1977N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
6/18/1993Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
6/26/1888Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Pilani.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.