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Historical Event on 8/16/1996
CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/28/1925 | Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born. |
| 6/3/1993 | K N Venkatasubramanian,IOC Chairman, suspended for leaking information about oil purchase plans to international dealers. |
| 10/6/1974 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression. |
| 4/15/1874 | Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born. |
| 7/13/1974 | India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley. |
| 7/26/1975 | Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations. |
| 5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
| 1/16/2000 | P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad. |
| 2/8/1993 | India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi. |
| 9/8/1990 | Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity. |
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