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Historical Event on 1/22/1963

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
5/16/1960International Telex Service between India and U.K. started.
12/3/1790Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta.
12/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.
1/12/1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
11/20/1998V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
11/2/1950India rebukes Mao for invasion of Tibet.
10/5/1990Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.
2/26/1887Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950.
8/12/1966Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.