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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
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
11/18/1955Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi.
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
5/19/1979Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away.
10/9/1946Jinnah's 9-point demands conveyed to Congress.
1/28/1999Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.
1/28/1999Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
10/12/1993RBI liberalises credit and monetary policy.