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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
1/31/1896Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
1/14/1985Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief.
12/9/1992More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
10/2/1957All India Scheduled Caste Federation formally dissolved and a new political party 'Republican Party of India' was formed.
8/5/1969Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
10/21/1947The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions), Lahore was bifurcated and the pension work relating to Indian nationals was transferred to Allahabad.
8/4/1928Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born.
12/28/1977Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.