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Historical Event on 1/22/1998

Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.
2/5/2000A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
1/10/1987Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
3/12/1992India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
10/30/1992India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade.
1/1/1874The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.