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Historical Event on 1/22/1989

DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
11/8/1932Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi.
5/27/1952The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court.
12/8/1875Tej Bahadur Sapru, great leader, was born.
9/25/1999Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
9/26/1923Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
8/25/2000Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses 
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.