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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
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
8/2/1858British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
7/24/1992Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune.
7/6/1998Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president.
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
2/2/1996Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83.
7/22/1993Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India.
3/5/1990Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.