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Historical Event on 1/22/1998
Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1998 | Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi. |
| 5/13/1918 | Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born. |
| 4/13/1982 | Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away. |
| 4/11/1993 | Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away. |
| 10/2/1969 | Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country. |
| 2/4/1628 | Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra. |
| 9/10/1992 | All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached. |
| 4/29/1909 | Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra. |
| 8/13/1997 | The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it. |
| 9/29/2000 | India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics. |
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