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Historical Event on 1/22/1986

Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1650Saint Tukaram Maharaj, famous saint of Maharashtra, passed away.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
11/3/1605Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.
4/24/1993IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.
6/13/1991Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists.
11/18/1999Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.
2/5/1931Krishna Film Co., Bombay produced a 7,659 feet long 'Krishnatone Talkie Programme No. 1, which was released quite before the release of 'Alam Ara,' first talkie film of India. The Krishnatone Programme was censored at C.C. No. 9906 on February 5 and the programme contained the following: (1) Arabic Song (2) Indian Orchestra No.1 (3) Indian Orchestra No.2 (4) Indian Orchestra No.3 (5) Jal Tarang Solo (6) Hindi Song No. 1 (7) Hindi Song No.2 (8) Hindi Song No. 3 (9) Bengali Song (10) Garba No. 1 (11) Garba No. 2 (12) Gujarati Comic Song (13) Hindi Chorus Song No. 1 (14) Hindi Chorus Song No. 2 (15) Dilruba Solo (16) Violin Solo (17) Goanese Song.
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.
7/18/1997Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt.