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Historical Event on 1/16/1990
All Governors asked to resign.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1859 | A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur. |
| 2/10/1957 | Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta. |
| 8/29/1959 | India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese. |
| 8/14/1900 | S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born. |
| 5/6/2000 | Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta. |
| 10/11/1993 | CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore. |
| 7/25/1955 | Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi. |
| 5/4/1960 | Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale. |
| 11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
| 4/18/1898 | Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials. |
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