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Historical Event on 1/16/1942

Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
1/24/1921T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
12/10/1990The communal disturbances between Hindus and Muslims in Hyderabad claim more than 100 lives, and violence spreads to Aligarh and Kanpur also.
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
6/21/1814Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died.
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.
7/18/1953Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.
10/5/1989Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.