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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 |
| 4/21/1998 | Ashok Kumar, Special Secretary, Union Home Ministry, who headed a Central team to Tamil Nadu to assess the law and order situation, was transferred to the Planning Commission. |
| 6/18/1956 | New Hindu Succession Act was passed. |
| 6/9/1986 | ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India. |
| 8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
| 9/23/1743 | Sawai Jaising died. |
| 9/14/1997 | Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue. |
| 2/3/1990 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest. |
| 6/17/1994 | Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign. |
| 8/1/1993 | Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director. |
| 10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
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