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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
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
6/24/1928Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
2/20/1987Lok Dal splits over leadership issue.
11/25/1995Namibian PM Hoge S. Geingob arrives in New Delhi.
2/20/1968Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen and others performed the first ever heart transplantion in Asia. The operation was performed by the Indian surgeons at K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.
5/29/1992Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.
1/18/1994A 12-point formula mooted to defuse the ministerial crisis.