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Historical Event on 1/16/1985

Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

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1/15/2000Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
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5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.
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