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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.

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1/24/1921T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born.
1/6/1818Dominion of Holkar in India are annexed with Rajput states and come under the British protection.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.
1/19/1997Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
4/15/1947Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.
8/18/1990President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.