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Historical Event on 3/22/1997

Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1972Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta.
11/23/1946Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away.
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
6/23/1661Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal.
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
12/1/1997At least 61 persons, including 22 women and 17 children, belonging to SC and extremely backward communities are gunned down by banned private army of feudal landlords, Ranbir Sena, at Bathe-Lakshmanpur village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
4/22/1930Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts.
9/9/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.