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Historical Event on 8/16/1996

CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
1/3/1912Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
8/12/1966Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis.
1/4/1994Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56.
9/6/1674Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it.
5/26/1998Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
11/18/1997School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children.
3/10/1998India 'A' beats Pakistan 'A' by 58 runs in the fourth test to clinch the rain-hit series 1-0 at Karachi.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.