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Historical Event on 12/22/1998
The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/12/1946 | Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/18/1919 | Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people. |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 12/22/1928 | An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.' |
| 6/15/1991 | About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections. |
| 1/3/1996 | Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order. |
| 5/23/1997 | The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh. |
| 10/3/1988 | Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive. |
| 12/20/1757 | Clauk became Governor of Bengal. |
| 10/16/1994 | IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit. |
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