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Historical Event on 1/16/1941
Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/30/1997 | Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government. |
| 1/19/1992 | Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away. |
| 8/11/2000 | Koneru Humpy was crowned the youngest British Ladies chess champion at the end of eleventh and final round in the Smith and Williamson British chess championship in Somerset. |
| 9/20/1857 | British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers. |
| 8/29/1995 | National Sports Day declared. |
| 6/23/1997 | India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen. |
| 5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
| 12/23/1977 | Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born. |
| 5/25/1961 | Woorkeri Venkar Raman, left-hand batsman and slow-spin bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 11/12/1946 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya died at the age of 85. |
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