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Historical Event on 1/16/1996
Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/5/1998 | 60 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 5/22/1936 | Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay. |
| 9/10/1858 | Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born. |
| 12/9/1658 | Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India. |
| 9/24/1815 | John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70. |
| 2/19/1812 | Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma). |
| 1/30/1905 | Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P. |
| 10/5/1989 | Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court. |
| 2/22/1948 | Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born. |
| 4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
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