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Historical Event on 1/22/1886
Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/20/1967 | First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. |
| 7/21/1988 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
| 11/3/1984 | Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated. |
| 8/2/1987 | Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship. |
| 5/15/1958 | Gift Tax Act was introduced. |
| 1/23/1809 | Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa. |
| 8/16/1901 | Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born. |
| 10/24/1930 | Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born. |
| 2/11/1944 | Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha), was born. |
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