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Historical Event on 1/16/1999

Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
11/25/1995Namibian PM Hoge S. Geingob arrives in New Delhi.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
5/6/1861Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, great Indian lawyer, political leader and social reformer, was born at Agra.
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.
4/16/1918Spike Milligan, famous actor and comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers), was born in India.
8/2/1980Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.