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Historical Event on 3/22/2000

India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
7/1/1965Meerut University was established.
12/26/1978Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.
3/31/1977N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
12/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India.
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
12/15/1912Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born.
11/30/1920N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.