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Historical Event on 3/22/1999

Punjab men, Railway women emerged National basketball champions in Jaipur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
4/22/1942The Telecommunication Training Centre was established at Jabalpur.
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.