Columbus Indian Community - ColumbusIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 1/16/1996

Union 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1974Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.
6/19/1991Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM.
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.
6/6/1981The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
11/15/1998Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
1/21/1910Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born.
12/17/1715Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.
6/3/1865George V, King of England (1910-36), was born.
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.