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Historical Event on 1/22/1996

Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
6/20/1873Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.
2/20/1863Pandit A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous Malyalam poet, grammer expert and Sanskrit expert, was born.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
12/9/1999BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
8/16/1974A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977.
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
2/18/1994India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir.
3/28/1943S. Satyamurti, social reformer, politician and member of legislative council at Madras, died. He was born in Tirumayyam village in August 19, 1887.