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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
3/17/1997Cochin Stock Exchange goes online.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
1/14/1938Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.
3/4/1906Hakim Abdul Majid started his medial dispensary under the name of Hamdard Dawakhana at Delhi.
12/25/1979Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
8/10/1979Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian Space launch vehicle, failed to be placed in orbit.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
8/3/1995Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government.
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.