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Historical Event on 1/22/1986

Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
4/29/1954India accepted Tibet as a part of China.
9/30/1972Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir.
5/4/1935Dalip Kaur Tiwana, great educationist and writer, was born in Ribbon village, Punjab.
9/1/1928Arun Kumar Seal, educationist, was born at Vishnupur.
1/17/1913Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab.
1/21/1882Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born.
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
1/26/1919Mohammad Cazzambhoy Ibrahim Khan, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India vs West Indies 1948-49), was born in Bombay.