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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
1/22/1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).
12/10/1985A. M. Prasad was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 30-04-1987.
2/7/1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
2/25/1976India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
3/7/1647Guru Dadaji Konddev, master of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
2/20/1947British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India.
6/3/1993K N Venkatasubramanian,IOC Chairman, suspended for leaking information about oil purchase plans to international dealers.
1/7/1988Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.