January22

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

Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.

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.

Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.

Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.

Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.

Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.

Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.

Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.

The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.

The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).

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

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.

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 Britain".

Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

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

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

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

India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.

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

Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away.

Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away.

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

Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.

DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.

Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.

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.

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

FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.