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Historical Event on 1/16/1990
All Governors asked to resign.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1990 | The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali. |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
| 1/3/1978 | Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win. |
| 1/16/1916 | Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa . |
| 11/17/1915 | Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune. |
| 1/6/1932 | Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born. |
| 1/6/1932 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe. |
| 9/4/1998 | Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing. |
| 12/9/1992 | More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial. |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
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