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Historical Event on 1/16/1818

The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1992Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
6/26/1982First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay).
1/19/1997Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur.
4/17/1926Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
2/16/1982Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
2/18/1905Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India.
1/1/1999George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.
1/15/1996Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.