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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
7/15/1788Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi.
4/17/1990Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, famous Director of Raja Kelkar Museum, passed away.
2/26/1887Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950.
4/4/1951West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India.
12/20/1956Saint Gadgebaba died.
11/16/1962Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
9/12/1899T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born.
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".