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Historical Event on 1/22/1986

Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1934Buta Singh, former Home Minister of India, was born.
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
10/5/1878First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.
11/28/1990Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector.
11/28/1990Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
4/28/1992Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
1/11/1973Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
1/11/1973Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
8/7/1934Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers.