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Historical Event on 3/22/2000
India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/1885 | Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born. |
| 5/3/1718 | Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore. |
| 2/19/1895 | Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59. |
| 4/18/1918 | Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash. |
| 2/12/1997 | Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain. |
| 2/22/1997 | India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0. |
| 7/10/1991 | Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 7/10/1991 | Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar. |
| 3/18/1924 | Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra. |
| 9/18/1803 | Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle. |
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