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Historical Event on 1/16/1997

Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
10/5/1991Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.
4/26/1999The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections.
10/23/1999A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.