The eternal flame of Amar Jawan Jyoti was lit on the Republic Day of 1972 by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in memory of soldiers who laid their lives during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 11 new government medical colleges and a new campus of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Tamil Nadu via video conferencing.
The Theme of the World Leprosy Day 2022 is "United for Dignity". In India, World Leprosy Day is celebrated on the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's death.