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Historical Event on 1/16/1996

Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1924Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away.
6/24/1991The first-ever BJP ministry led by Kalyan Singh takes over in UP.
6/24/1991Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
12/13/1989Kashmiri militants release the daughter of Indian Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as five of their comrades freed from prison.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.
1/18/1997SC says telephone tapping is violation of fundamental rights but permits it by government in special circumstances.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
12/10/1999Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.