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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 1/22/1666 |
Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid. |
| 1/22/1683 |
Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away. |
| 1/22/1760 |
In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India. |
| 1/22/1858 |
Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death. |
| 1/22/1877 |
Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam. |
| 1/22/1886 |
Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 1/22/1899 |
Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born. |
| 1/22/1901 |
Nirmal Kumar Bose was born. |
| 1/22/1901 |
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"". |
| 1/22/1903 |
Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta. |
| 1/22/1906 |
Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 1/22/1922 |
Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 1/22/1945 |
The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma. |
| 1/22/1963 |
The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun. |
| 1/22/1965 |
Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai. |
| 1/22/1967 |
Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai. |
| 1/22/1971 |
Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973. |
| 1/22/1973 |
Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away. |
| 1/22/1980 |
Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 1/22/1986 |
Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 1/22/1986 |
Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 1/22/1989 |
DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. |
| 1/22/1989 |
Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds. |
| 1/22/1990 |
FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case. |
| 1/22/1990 |
The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90). |
| 1/22/1992 |
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. |
| 1/22/1992 |
Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private. |
| 1/22/1993 |
A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off. |
| 1/22/1996 |
Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case). |
| 1/22/1997 |
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case. |
| 1/22/1998 |
Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra. |
| 1/22/2000 |
India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1964 | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 1/16/1896 | Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P. |
| 4/19/1976 | Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi. |
| 4/3/1994 | S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party. |
| 10/9/1964 | K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party. |
| 6/3/1947 | British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947. |
| 2/1/1917 | Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal. |
| 1/6/1948 | Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir. |
| 1/1/1974 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"". |
| 3/15/1831 | First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji. |
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