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Historical Event on 12/22/1998

Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1757Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta.
11/5/1906Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name.
1/7/1928Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
12/30/1879Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
2/5/1922Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement.
10/20/1920Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919.
3/4/1858J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
5/10/1985P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.