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Historical Event on 1/22/1986

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1925B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
5/25/1917Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943.
4/11/1999A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, died in Chennai.
9/26/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.
8/18/1993The Transport Development Council decides to abolish Pathkar (entry tax) and increase the fee for national permit from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000.
1/11/1993Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
9/22/2000Kerala High Court suspends the sentence awarded by the Kottayam Special Court on 32 accused in the Suryanelli rape case.
9/22/2000Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.