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Historical Event on 1/22/1980

Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
6/30/1993AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF.
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
10/16/1952Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
12/25/1919Naushad, famous film music director, was born.
8/3/1957Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away.