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Historical Event on 5/22/1961
Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1977	C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
3/15/1908	Police shoot four people in rioting.
9/16/1990	Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
6/27/1939	Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born.
5/28/1988	The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.
4/3/1999	India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
1/30/1949	Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.
3/6/1990	India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.
5/13/1952	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
10/22/1929	Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.

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