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Historical Event on 1/16/1999
Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/29/1904 | K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage. |
| 4/6/1993 | Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19. |
| 4/6/1993 | Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat. |
| 11/19/1961 | World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group. |
| 5/12/1952 | Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. |
| 2/2/1996 | Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams. |
| 3/6/1998 | A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh. |
| 12/1/1955 | Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism. |
| 2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
| 1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
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