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Historical Event on 1/22/1986

Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
12/1/1764Battle of Anvadi.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
5/13/1905Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
7/9/1873Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.
10/1/1904Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar "A.K.Gopalan" was born in Cannanore district, north Kerala. He was a freedom fighter and leader of communist movement in Keral
7/6/1881Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.