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Historical Event on 1/22/1990

FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1913Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab.
4/3/1998Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"".
1/1/1995N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.
7/16/1992Amar Varma, Hindi author, producer and director, died.
9/9/1947Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston.
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
2/2/1978The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).
3/26/199914 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.
7/24/1997Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.