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Historical Event on 1/22/1989

DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
9/19/1911Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
3/13/2000Parliament approves TRAI Bill seeking to bifurcate it into a Tribunal and a Regulator, with the Rajya Sabha passing the measure by a voice vote.