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Historical Event on 1/16/1942
Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 10/26/1950 | Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India. |
| 11/19/1994 | Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi. |
| 5/2/1982 | Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut. |
| 4/8/1857 | Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire. |
| 10/22/1764 | The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro. |
| 1/24/1937 | Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics. |
| 2/5/2000 | A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities. |
| 11/10/1968 | Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati. |
| 10/2/1998 | Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997. |
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