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Historical Event on 10/22/1997

Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1979Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.
6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
6/27/1922Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born.
6/1/1929V. Shantaram, S. Fattehlal (Sheikh Syed Fattehlal), Vishnupant Damle and Keshavrao B. Dhaiber, alongwith Sita Ram Kulkami, founded the 'Prabhat Film Company' at Kolhapur.
11/7/1995Lukose Leelamma at Pune sets record for 10,000m (Women) in 34.33.50.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
1/20/1992Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
8/2/1919Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.