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Historical Event on 1/16/1985

Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
11/30/1974India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
10/24/1827Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born
1/21/1981Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away.
5/20/1964P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born.
1/14/1990India and Maldives scrap visas.
4/13/1984Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.