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Historical Event on 1/22/1980

Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
8/30/1990Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill.
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
1/27/1888Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born.
8/1/1879Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.
6/6/1890Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born.
7/20/1990GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.
11/11/1888Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
8/20/1917Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'.
2/11/1935Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born.