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Historical Event on 1/22/1997

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, former Union Ministers Ajit Singh, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and five others chargesheeted by CBI in Rs. 3.5 crore Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MPs bribery case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
7/13/1998The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
5/9/1992M. J. Pherwani, National Housing Bank Chairman, resigns following his bank's involvement in the Security scandal.
1/5/1952U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi.
12/6/1993Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away.
3/24/1944Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
1/14/1760Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally.