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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
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
9/23/1743Sawai Jaising died.
11/6/1999Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.
5/21/1990Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
12/10/1886Ardeshir M. Irani, producer, director, exhibitor and founder of Star Films Ltd. Bombay, was born at Poona. His first film was 'Veer Abhimanyu'.
2/2/1930Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
5/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune.
11/17/1835James Todd, researcher and writer of Rajput history, passed away.