22 JAN TODAY IN HISTORY DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for January 22

22-January-1666	Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid.
22-January-1683	Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away.
22-January-1760	In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India.
22-January-1858	Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.
22-January-1877	Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam.
22-January-1886	Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away.
22-January-1899	Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.
22-January-1901	Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.
22-January-1901	Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britai
22-January-1903	Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.
22-January-1906	Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
22-January-1922	Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
22-January-1945	The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.
22-January-1963	The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
22-January-1965	Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.
22-January-1967	Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.
22-January-1971	Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973.
22-January-1973	Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
22-January-1980	Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
22-January-1986	Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
22-January-1986	Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
22-January-1989	DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.
22-January-1989	Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
22-January-1990	FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
22-January-1990	The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).
22-January-1992	Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
22-January-1992	Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.
22-January-1993	A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.
22-January-1996	Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).
22-January-1997	Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case.
22-January-1998	Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
22-January-2000	India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.