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Historical Event on 1/16/1988

L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/2000K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine.
3/31/1998T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99).
9/24/1914Janardan Swami was born.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
12/16/1997Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her own.
9/12/1786Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).