Today in Indian History Events for January 16 16-January-1620 Amarsingh I, Rajputs guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died. 16-January-1681 Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort. 16-January-1818 The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad. 16-January-1858 Baithi, Laikha, Ratna, Maani, and the women who participated in Mairath Kranti at Gudgaon, all were hanged. 16-January-1896 Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P. 16-January-1901 Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away. 16-January-1916 Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . 16-January-1919 Nasikrao Khantadu Tirpude, former Duputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. 16-January-1920 Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born. 16-January-1924 In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died. 16-January-1938 Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away. 16-January-1941 Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. 16-January-1942 Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress. 16-January-1945 Kabir Bedi, famous Hindi and foreign actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry), was born. 16-January-1948 Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims. 16-January-1954 Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous artist, sculptor, filmmaker and producer, died. 16-January-1966 Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune. 16-January-1973 Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976. 16-January-1985 Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. 16-January-1988 L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died. 16-January-1989 Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs. 16-January-1990All Governors asked to resign. 16-January-1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away. 16-January-1992Prices of steel and iron decontrolled. 16-January-1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. 16-January-1995India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b. 16-January-1995Missile carrier vessel Vidhrut dedicated to nation. 16-January-1996Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera. 16-January-1996Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership. 16-January-1997Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai. 16-January-1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the mens and womens titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta. 16-January-2000P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad. 16-January-2000Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 09:02:49 +0000
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