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Historical Event on 8/16/1996

CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
4/3/1991UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls .
6/23/1997India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen.
4/23/1913Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born.
6/18/1946First Satyagraha movement was started for Goa liberation from the Portuguese.
8/25/1997Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
1/10/1616Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.
12/22/1975Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.