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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 |
| 10/6/1999 | INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana. |
| 7/11/1973 | India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds. |
| 7/7/1948 | Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established. |
| 10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 4/21/1913 | Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema. |
| 4/24/1993 | IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar. |
| 2/7/1687 | Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end. |
| 2/7/1687 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
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