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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 |
| 3/10/1995 | ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days. |
| 9/24/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was second time crowned by 'Tantrik Paddhati'. |
| 10/24/1945 | UNO Day. |
| 10/2/1952 | Community Development Programme started. |
| 12/10/1936 | Duke of York succeeds King Edward as King George VI. |
| 9/8/2000 | Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries. |
| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 2/15/1865 | Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 2/15/1865 | Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar. |
| 4/22/2000 | Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai. |
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