22 JAN HISTORY EVENTS

Today in Indian History Events for January 22

22-January-1666Shahjahan (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-1683Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away.

22-January-1760In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India.

22-January-1858Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.

22-January-1877Tarun 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-1886Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away.

22-January-1899Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.

22-January-1901Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.

22-January-1901Queen 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-1903Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.

22-January-1906Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.

22-January-1922Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.

22-January-1945The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.

22-January-1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.

22-January-1965Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.

22-January-1967Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.

22-January-1971Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973.

22-January-1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.

22-January-1980Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.

22-January-1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.

22-January-1986Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

22-January-1989DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.

22-January-1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.

22-January-1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.

22-January-1990The 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-1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

22-January-1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.

22-January-1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.

22-January-1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).

22-January-1997Former 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-1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.

22-January-2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.