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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
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
1/11/1994Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.
10/12/1911Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
4/14/1990J&K Assembly dissolved.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
3/27/1997Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur.
7/27/1887Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
8/10/1963The Kamraj Plan.