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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
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
12/31/1929At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
11/30/1982World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
3/3/1948B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.
5/1/1983V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
2/18/1925Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born.