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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 |
| 11/3/1900 | Sagarmal Gopa, freedom fighter, was born. |
| 11/29/1961 | First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India. |
| 8/15/1947 | India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. |
| 5/14/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate. |
| 9/28/1993 | Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives. |
| 3/10/1999 | Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote. |
| 2/10/1806 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala. |
| 3/23/1919 | Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"". |
| 6/9/1998 | The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar. |
| 6/22/1955 | Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31. |
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