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Historical Event on 1/22/1986

Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
4/3/1984Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
8/6/1998The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force.
11/10/1960B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961
4/17/1999The Vajpayee Government resigns after it loses the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha by one vote - 269 to 270.
5/13/1949Maharashtra Granthalay Sangh was established.
8/26/1949Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed.
5/27/1992M. L. Manchanda, AIR's Patiala engineer who was kidnapped by Babbar Khalsa militants, was found executed.