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Historical Event on 1/16/2000

Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.
4/16/1992The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'.
1/14/1843Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.
8/1/1899Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.
4/3/1996Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK.
4/3/1996Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
7/20/1905First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.
5/23/1995TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995.
1/20/1993Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away.
4/4/1898Hiralal Sen and his brother Motilal Sen purchased a Bioscope Cinematographic Machine from London. The first show of imported films was arranged by them at Classic Theatre on April 4, after which they formed 'The Royal Bioscope Co.,' controlled by H. L. Sen & Bros., 85/2, Maszid Badi Street, Calcutta. The Bioscope Company started touring the provinces of Bengal, Orissa and Bihar.