Historical Events on January 22.

1.  1901, 22nd Jan: After the death of Queen Victoria, Edward VII became the King of England.

2.  1924, 22nd Jan: Ramsey MacDonald became the first Prime Minister of the Labor Party in Britain.

3.  1947, 22nd Jan: The Constitution Committee approved a resolution on the outline of the Indian Constitution.

4.  1963, 22nd Jan: ‘National Library for the Blind’ established at Dehradun.

5.  1971, 22nd Jan: Sarvmittra Sikri becomes the 13th Chief Justice of India.

6.  2001, 22nd Jan: A missile carrier ship INS Mumbai launches into the Indian Navy.

7.  2009, 22nd Jan: The film Slumdog Millionaire had nominated for an Oscar.

8.  2015, 22nd Jan: “Beti Bachao, Beti Padao” scheme was established by the present Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Panipat, Haryana

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 22.

1.  1788: Lord Byron, a British peer, who was a poet and politician.

2.  1561: Francis Bacon, an English philosopher, and statesman.

3.  1891: Antonio Gramsci, an Italian Marxist writer, and politician.

4.  1897: Dilipkumar Roy, an Indian musician, musicologist, novelist, poet, and essayist.

5.  1899: Suryakant Tripathi, known by his nom de plume Nirala, was an Indian poet, novelist, essayist, and story-writer. 

6.  1901: Nirmal Kumar Bose, a leading Indian anthropologist.

7.  1916: Harilal Upadhyay, a Gujarati novelist, and poet.

8.  1934: Vijay Anand, an Indian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, editor, and actor.

9.  1949: Manik Sarkar, an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Tripura.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 22.

1.  1666: Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal emperor.

2.  1799: Horace Bénédict de Saussure, a Genevan geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer. 

3.  1901: Queen Victoria, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

4.  1957: Paul Walden, a Russian, Latvian and German chemist known for his work in stereochemistry and history of chemistry. 

5.  1967: Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje, an Indian revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist, and historian who was among the founding fathers of the Ghadar Party.

6.  1972: Swami Ramanand Tirtha, an Indian freedom fighter, educator, and social activist.

7.  1973: Lyndon B. Johnson, an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States.

22-January-1666

Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid.

22-January-1683

Shri Samarth Ramdas passed away.

22-January-1760

In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India.

22-January-1858

Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death.

22-January-1877

Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam.

22-January-1886

Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away.

22-January-1899

Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.

22-January-1901

Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.

22-January-1901

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age "Victorian Britain".

22-January-1903

Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.

22-January-1906

Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.

22-January-1922

Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.

22-January-1945

The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.

22-January-1963

The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.

22-January-1965

Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.

22-January-1967

Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.

22-January-1971

Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 25/04/1973.

22-January-1973

Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.

22-January-1980

Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.

22-January-1986

Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.

22-January-1986

Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

22-January-1989

DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.

22-January-1989

Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.

22-January-1990

FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.

22-January-1990

The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).

22-January-1992

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

22-January-1992

Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.

22-January-1993

A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.

22-January-1996

Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).

22-January-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.

22-January-1998

Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.

22-January-2000

India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.