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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 1/16/1620 |
Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died. |
| 1/16/1681 |
Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort. |
| 1/16/1818 |
The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad. |
| 1/16/1858 |
Baithi, Laikha, Ratna, Maani, and the women who participated in Mairath Kranti at Gudgaon, all were hanged. |
| 1/16/1896 |
Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P. |
| 1/16/1901 |
Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away. |
| 1/16/1916 |
Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . |
| 1/16/1919 |
Nasikrao Khantadu Tirpude, former Duputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 1/16/1920 |
Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born. |
| 1/16/1924 |
In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died. |
| 1/16/1938 |
Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away. |
| 1/16/1941 |
Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 1/16/1942 |
Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress. |
| 1/16/1945 |
Kabir Bedi, famous Hindi and foreign actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry), was born. |
| 1/16/1948 |
Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims. |
| 1/16/1954 |
Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous artist, sculptor, filmmaker and producer, died. |
| 1/16/1966 |
Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune. |
| 1/16/1973 |
Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976. |
| 1/16/1985 |
Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/16/1988 |
L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died. |
| 1/16/1989 |
Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs. |
| 1/16/1990 |
All Governors asked to resign. |
| 1/16/1990 |
Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away. |
| 1/16/1992 |
Prices of steel and iron decontrolled. |
| 1/16/1992 |
For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
| 1/16/1995 |
India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b. |
| 1/16/1995 |
Missile carrier vessel 'Vidhrut' dedicated to nation. |
| 1/16/1996 |
Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera. |
| 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. |
| 1/16/1997 |
Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai. |
| 1/16/1999 |
Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta. |
| 1/16/2000 |
P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad. |
| 1/16/2000 |
Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem. |
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