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Historical Event on 4/22/1999
Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/22/1992 | Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail. |
| 7/3/1941 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan. |
| 7/12/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company. |
| 3/28/1999 | Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals. |
| 4/1/1969 | India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore. |
| 8/29/1998 | Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi. |
| 9/29/1959 | Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat. |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 1/15/1784 | Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution. |
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