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Historical Event on 1/16/1988

L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1965Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras.
8/13/1963Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73.
4/8/1997India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
2/11/1977Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office.
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
10/27/1989The XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).