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Historical Event on 10/22/1999

Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1998Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.
6/24/1969Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away.
4/13/1984India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
2/5/1992Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.