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Historical Event on 1/16/1985
Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1985 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 10/26/1981 | Dattatrey Ramchandra Bendre, Gyanpeet awardee and Kannad poet, died. |
| 3/26/1999 | 14 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection. |
| 4/8/1897 | Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 7/16/1954 | French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted. |
| 7/17/1992 | Lok Sabha rejects no-trust motion. |
| 12/19/1961 | Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops. |
| 7/9/1755 | E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War. |
| 6/23/1942 | Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born. |
| 1/6/1989 | Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died. |
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