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Historical Event on 1/16/1985

Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.
9/12/1995Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
11/10/1960B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961
2/18/1975Yogesh Shyam, soccer(Football) player, was born.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
5/7/1985Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
10/24/1966Yugoslavia, UAR call on the US at New Delhi to stop bombing of North Vietnam.