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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
11/5/1997Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.
2/6/195555 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.
6/25/1999PSCB emerged men's and women's champions in the inter-institutional table tennis in Gandhidham.
12/8/1879Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore.
8/2/1922Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh.
12/1/199217 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya.
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
12/4/1661Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
7/30/1996Delhi High Court rejects Narasimha Rao's petition seeking quashing of 09 order of chief metropolitan magistrate summoning him to appear as co-accused in the $ 100,000 Lakhubhai cheating case.
2/15/1936Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.