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Historical Event on 1/16/1985

Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1999World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.
6/5/1879Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
5/11/1626Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
5/9/1996Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.
12/8/1999The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.
2/16/1997Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti.