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Historical Event on 1/22/1992

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1895Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born.
10/23/1997Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka set deadline upto 31st October for sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to surrender.
5/12/1930R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born.
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.
12/24/1902Shashi Mukhi of Classic Theatre, Calcutta, was the first Indian to record on gramophone. This song was on 25 cms. one sided disc and the lyrics were ""Kanha Jeevan Dhan"" from the play Shri Krishna. The song was recorded by Gramophome and Typewriter Company.
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.