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Historical Event on 1/16/1999

Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
3/4/1991Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed.
1/3/1997Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol.
1/26/1992BJP President Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi hoists the national flag at the heavily-guarded Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
6/1/1992S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93).
1/6/1993India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
6/21/1998India and Russia sign a $2.5-billion deal to set up a nuclear power station at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu.
8/29/1993Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.