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Historical Event on 1/22/1992

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/25/2000Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments agree on a ""unified command'' for the STF operations against Veerappa
7/21/1906W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
1/19/1892Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
2/22/1978Judge Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 11/07/1985.
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.