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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
10/26/1991Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
7/6/1992R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
2/6/1996Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91).
5/1/1996Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
12/8/1985The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).
6/9/1991A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
11/5/1950Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died.