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Historical Event on 1/16/1985

Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1981President's rule imposed in Assam.
9/6/1961D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.
1/20/1996The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
9/23/1952Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay.
12/24/1972Daily newspaper ""Janshakti"" published it's first edition at Jalgaon.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
12/11/1872Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born.
12/24/1932The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London.